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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They’re not only wiser and more capable but also more conscientious than the rest of us.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

Not everyone gets wiser as they get older.

From MarketWatch • May 18, 2026

Instead, it would be far wiser for policymakers to focus on directly strengthening the social safety net, so every patient has equitable access to treatments without financial hardship.

From Salon • May 15, 2026

With a single exception, the surviving cast, major and minor, is present and accounted for, still looking very much like themselves, their characters older, but not wiser.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

There was a calmness about her that made her seem older and wiser than her four years.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie