wiseadjective
uk/waɪz/us/waɪz/B2 approving having or showing the ability to make good judgments, based on a deep understanding and experience of life:
I think you made a wise choice.
"I never drink more than three glasses of wine." "How wise."
Looking at the weather, I think we made a wise decision not to go to the coast this weekend.
I think it would be wiser to wait and see how much money you have left before you make any decisions.
I never used to save money but now I'm a little older and wiser I can see the point of it.
Was it Thomas More who said that the wise man learns from the experience of others?
wise to sth informal
understanding a dishonest situation or way of doing something:
People are getting wise to the tricks politicians use in campaign advertisements.
More examples
- The painting depicts the three wise men kneeling in adoration of the baby Jesus.
- You'd be wise to take a detour to avoid the roadworks.
- I didn't think it wise to proffer an opinion.
- I should have listened to my father's wise counsel, and saved some money instead of spending it all.
- You'd be wise to keep quiet.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Wise and sensible
- an old/a wise head on young shoulders idiom
- be a victory for common sense idiom
- canny
- discerning
- discriminating
- far-sighted
- gnomic
- legitimacy
- neatly
- no flies on sb idiom
- no-nonsense
- out of the mouths of babes (and sucklings) idiom
- perspective
- responsible
- right-minded
- sagacious
- sage
- savoir-faire
- wisdom
- wisely
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Understanding and comprehending
Idiom(s)
be none the wiser
to be wise after the event