wiser

ADJECTIVE

intelligent, reasonable

Synonyms

STRONGEST

astute aware careful educated enlightened experienced informed judicious knowledgeable perceptive prudent rational sane sensible shrewd smart thoughtful wary well-informed

STRONG

contemplative cunning grasping keen knowing sage sensing sharp sound understanding

WEAK

calculating clever cogitative crafty discerning discreet erudite foresighted insightful intuitive perspicacious politic reflective sagacious sapient scholarly sophic tactful taught witty

Antonyms

STRONGEST

careless foolish heedless idiotic ignorant inattentive incautious indiscreet inexperienced insensitive irrational obtuse reckless senseless stupid thoughtless unaware uneducated uninformed unintelligent unknowledgeable unrealistic unreasonable unsophisticated unsound unwise

STRONG

blunt dull kind

Example Sentences

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wiser

The wiser course is to work with his government to check Chinese influence in the hemisphere and to build, carefully and gingerly, on the shared interest in a stable Venezuela.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

“Students who have financial education in high school, they make wiser, better choices about how they’re going to fund their college,” Bean said.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026

This season, he’s healthy, wiser and ready to improvise even more to take advantage of his running and passing skills.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

“She was way wiser beyond her years and now gone too soon,” he added.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026

But in general it’s wiser to assume too little than too much.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

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