Definitions

sagacity

[suh-gas-i-tee] / səˈgæs ɪ ti /

NOUN

wisdom

Synonyms

STRONG

acumen astuteness brains comprehension discernment discrimination enlightenment experience foresight insight intelligence judgment knowledge perceptiveness perspicacity practicality prudence sapience sense shrewdness understanding

WEAK

clear thinking common-sense good judgment levelheadedness sageness

Antonyms

STRONG

ignorance inability ineptness misinterpretation mistake misunderstanding stupidity

Example Sentences

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It is commonly thought that the Sagacity of these Fathers, in discovering the Talent of a young Student, has not a little contributed to the Figure which their Order has made in the World.

From The Spectator, Volume 2. by Addison, Joseph

Sagacity said he had been precipitate, rash, and rude, though in the right: he should have blown a trumpet-blast to let the wrong-doers know they must set their house in order.

From The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning by Berdoe, Edward

The way of catching Elephants.I will first relate the manner of taking them, and afterwards their Sagacity, with other things that occur to my memory concerning them.

From An Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon in the East Indies Together with an Account of the Detaining in Captivity the Author and Divers other Englishmen Now Living There, and of the Author's Miraculous Escape by Knox, Robert

The people that would be Free and Independent, must possess Sagacity, Forethought, Foresight, and careful Circumspection, all which are included in the meaning of the word Prudence.

From Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry by Pike, Albert

Thus did the Prince refute Sagacity, always whispering in his ear that Fortune alternates with Providence, and he must not reckon on a happy hit occurring twice.

From The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning by Berdoe, Edward

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