wisest

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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Andy Samberg’s Jake Peralta heads a misfit but inevitably successful team of New York detectives, headed by the driest, wisest chief in TV history — Captain Holt, played by the late, great Andre Braugher.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2025

With everyone worrying over my safety, a step-by-step approach seemed wisest, so I started by purchasing a 20-mile-per-hour e-bike.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025

Whether it is Slot or those on the pitch, then, it is largely Liverpool's wisest heads who are making the difference in the key moments.

From BBC • Sep. 18, 2025

I think this is, by far, the wisest course in the short term.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2025

The wisest were just the poor and simple people.

From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque