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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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Rather than having an all-or-nothing change in beneficiaries, it’s wiser to have a more balanced approach, one that you and your husband can review every year, or so.

From MarketWatch • May 5, 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

She would have been wiser to leave the matter to Hollywood veterans.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

So on this claim and counter-claim, we are none the wiser.

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2026

Oscar sure seems a lot older and wiser than when he used to ask Mrs. Brown a lot of questions.

From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez