wisdom

English Thesaurus

1. the trait of utilizing knowledge and experience with common sense and insight (noun.attribute)

hypernym	:	trait,
definition	:	a distinguishing feature of your personal nature (noun.attribute)

hyponym	:	judiciousness, sagaciousness, sagacity,
definition	:	the trait of forming opinions by distinguishing and evaluating (noun.attribute)

hyponym	:	initiation, knowledgeability, knowledgeableness,
definition	:	wisdom as evidenced by the possession of knowledge (noun.attribute)

hyponym	:	diplomacy, statecraft, statesmanship,
definition	:	wisdom in the management of public affairs (noun.attribute)

hyponym	:	discernment, discretion,
definition	:	the trait of judging wisely and objectively (noun.attribute)

2. the quality of being prudent and sensible (noun.attribute)

hypernym	:	good, goodness,
definition	:	that which is pleasing or valuable or useful (noun.attribute)

hyponym	:	advisability,
definition	:	the quality of being advisable (noun.attribute)

hyponym	:	reasonableness,
definition	:	goodness of reason and judgment (noun.attribute)

3. ability to apply knowledge or experience or understanding or common sense and insight (noun.cognition)

hypernym	:	know-how,
definition	:	the (technical) knowledge and skill required to do something (noun.cognition)

hyponym	:	astuteness, deepness, depth, profoundness, profundity,
definition	:	the intellectual ability to penetrate deeply into ideas (noun.cognition)

hyponym	:	discernment, judgement, judgment, sagaciousness, sagacity,
definition	:	the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations (noun.cognition)

4. accumulated knowledge or erudition or enlightenment (noun.cognition)

hypernym	:	cognitive content, content, mental object,
definition	:	the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned (noun.cognition)

hyponym	:	abstruseness, abstrusity, profoundness, profundity, reconditeness,
definition	:	wisdom that is recondite and abstruse and profound (noun.cognition)

5. an Apocryphal book consisting mainly of a meditation on wisdom; although ascribed to Solomon it was probably written in the first century BC (noun.communication)

instance hypernym	:	book,
definition	:	a major division of a long written composition (noun.communication)

part meronym	:	apocrypha,
definition	:	14 books of the Old Testament included in the Vulgate (except for II Esdras) but omitted in Jewish and Protestant versions of the Bible; eastern Christian churches (except the Coptic Church) accept all these books as canonical; the Russian Orthodox Church accepts these texts as divinely inspired but does not grant them the same status (noun.communication)

part meronym	:	sapiential book, wisdom book, wisdom literature,
definition	:	any of the biblical books (Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs, Wisdom of Solomon, Ecclesiasticus) that are considered to contain wisdom (noun.communication)

6. the trait of utilizing knowledge and experience with common sense and insight (noun.attribute)

antonym	:	folly, foolishness, unwiseness,
definition	:	the trait of acting stupidly or rashly (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	wise,
definition	:	having or prompted by wisdom or discernment (adj.all)

7. the quality of being prudent and sensible (noun.attribute)

antonym	:	unsoundness,
definition	:	not mentally or physically healthy (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	heady, judicious, wise,
definition	:	marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense in practical matters (adj.all)

derivation	:	sound,
definition	:	free from moral defect (adj.all)

derivation	:	reasoned, sound, well-grounded,
definition	:	logically valid (adj.all)

8. ability to apply knowledge or experience or understanding or common sense and insight (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	perspicacious, sagacious, sapient,
definition	:	acutely insightful and wise (adj.all)

9. the trait of utilizing knowledge and experience with common sense and insight (noun.attribute)

antonym	:	folly, foolishness, unwiseness,
definition	:	the trait of acting stupidly or rashly (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	wise,
definition	:	having or prompted by wisdom or discernment (adj.all)

10. the quality of being prudent and sensible (noun.attribute)

antonym	:	unsoundness,
definition	:	not mentally or physically healthy (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	heady, judicious, wise,
definition	:	marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense in practical matters (adj.all)

derivation	:	sound,
definition	:	free from moral defect (adj.all)

derivation	:	reasoned, sound, well-grounded,
definition	:	logically valid (adj.all)

11. ability to apply knowledge or experience or understanding or common sense and insight (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	perspicacious, sagacious, sapient,
definition	:	acutely insightful and wise (adj.all)

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