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adjective

1. Possessing or showing sound judgment and keen perception: knowing, sagacious, sage, sapient. See wise/foolish.
2. Possessing, proceeding from, or exhibiting good judgment and prudence: balanced, commonsensible, commonsensical, judicious, levelheaded, prudent, rational, reasonable, sagacious, sage, sane, sapient, sensible, sound², well-founded, well-grounded. See reason/unreason, sane/insane.
3. Having or showing a clever awareness and resourcefulness in practical matters: astute, cagey, canny, knowing, perspicacious, shrewd, slick, smart. Informal savvy. See ability/inability, careful/careless.
4. Having or showing profound knowledge and scholarship: erudite, learned, lettered, scholarly. See knowledge/ignorance.
5. Marked by comprehension, cognizance, and perception: alive, awake, aware, cognizant, sensible, sentient. Slang hip. Idioms: on to. See knowledge/ignorance.
6. Rude and disrespectful: assuming, assumptive, audacious, bold, boldfaced, brash, brazen, cheeky, contumelious, familiar, forward, impertinent, impudent, insolent, malapert, nervy, overconfident, pert, presuming, presumptuous, pushy, sassy, saucy, smart. Informal brassy, flip, fresh, smart-alecky, snippety, snippy, uppish, uppity. See attitude/good attitude/bad attitude/neutral attitude, courtesy/discourtesy.

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noun

The approach used to do something: fashion, manner, method, mode, modus operandi, style, system, way. See means.

Idioms beginning with wise:
wise guy
wise up to

See also get wise to; none the wiser; penny wise and pound foolish; put wise; sadder but wiser; word to the wise.

adj

Definition: intelligent, reasonable
Antonyms: foolish, ignorant, stupid, unintelligent, unreasonable, unwise

IN BRIEF: adj. - Evidencing the possession of inside information; able to apply knowledge with understanding.

I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should seem a fool, but be wise. — Baron de Montesquieu

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adjective
adjective, orig US

1: Aware, informed; esp. in phrs. to get (or put) wise. (1896 —) .
M. Gilbert I suppose Bill had just about got wise to you (1955). verb

2: to wise up trans. and intr. orig and mainly US To put or get wise. (1905 —) .
Wall Street Journal Antique dealers are wising up to the growing demand for old radios (1971).

3: to wise off intr. To make wisecracks at someone (1943 —) .
P. Mallory He's a real meanie. I wouldn't be wising off at him if I were you (1981).

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For a list of words related to wise, see:

• Wise, Mature, or Experienced
• Secrecy and Concealment - wise: (adj) Slang. possessing inside information

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
adj. - viis, klog, forstandig

idioms:

• not any the wiser    ikke være blevet klogere
• put a person wise    sætte en ind i, advare en om
• wise guy    smart fyr, tror, han kan det hele
• wise man    klog mand, viis mand
• wise to    lære at forstå sig på noget, få nys om noget
• wise up    blive klar over, forstå, fatte
• without anyone's being the wiser    uden at nogen ved om det

2.
n. - måde, vis

idioms:

• in no wise    på ingen måde

Nederlands (Dutch)
wijs, verstandig, bewust, wijze

Français (French)
1.
adj. - sage, judicieux, sensé, pertinent (un discours), au courant de
v. tr. - assagir, affranchir (qn) de (faits), mettre qn au courant

idioms:

• any the wiser    personne n'en saura rien si
• none the wiser    ne pas en savoir plus pour autant
• put someone wise    mettre qn au courant
• set someone wise    mettre qn au courant
• wise guy    gros malin, pédant
• wise man    sage, roi mage
• wise to    piger, (être) au courant de, (être) familier avec
• wise up    se mettre au courant de
• without anyone's being the wiser    sans que personne ne soit plus avancé

2.
n. - façon, manière

idioms:

• in no wise    en aucune façon, en aucune manière

Deutsch (German)
1.
adj. - weise, klug, vernünftig, (ugs.) bewußt, informiert

idioms:

• any the wiser    kein bißchen klüger
• none the wiser    kein bißchen klüger
• put someone wise    jmdm. die Augen öffnen
• set someone wise    etwas informieren
• wise guy    Alleswisser, Neunmalkluger
• wise man    Weiser, Magier
• wise to    kennen/spitzkriegen
• wise up    aufklären, sich klar werden
• without anyone's being the wiser    ohne daß es jemand merkt

2.
n. - Weise

idioms:

• in no wise    in keiner Weise, keineswegs

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - σοφός, φρόνιμος, σώφρων, συνετός
v. - ξυπνώ, παίρνω χαμπάρι τι συμβαίνει
n. - τρόπος

idioms:

• in no wise    κατά κανένα τρόπο
• not any the wiser    (δεν έγινε) σοφότερος
• put a person wise    προειδοποιώ, ενημερώνω
• wise guy    εξυπνάκιας
• wise man    σοφός
• wise to    αντιλαμβανόμενος, γνώστης
• wise up    μπάζω στην υπόθεση, παίρνω χαμπάρι, ανθίζομαι, ψυλλιάζομαι
• without anyone's being the wiser    χωρίς να το καταλάβει κανείς

Italiano (Italian)
maniera, consigliabile, saggio, ragionevole

idioms:

• be/get wise to    aprire gli occhi su
• in no wise    assolutamente no
• none/any the wiser    saperne quanto prima
• put a person wise    mettere al corrente
• wise guy    saccente
• wise man    saggio
• wise up    informare
• without anyone's being the wiser    senza farsi notare

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - prudentemente, inteligentemente
v. - ter conhecimento
n. - culto (m), inteligente (m), prudente (m), forma (f)

idioms:

• be/get wise to    esteja ciente
• in no wise    de forma alguma
• none/any the wiser    sem maiores informações
• put a person wise    informar
• wise guy    espertalhão (m)
• wise man    pessoa erudita
• wise up    se informar
• without anyone's being the wiser    sem ninguém saber

Русский (Russian)
мудрый, разумный, осведомленный, умничающий, расчетливый, глубокомысленный

idioms:

• be/get wise to    узнать, понять, увидеть, заметить
• in no wise    никоим образом
• none/any the wiser    зная не больше, чем раньше, несолоно хлебавши
• put a person wise    сообщить, объяснить
• wise guy    "умник", зазнайка, хитрец
• wise man    мудрец, знахарь, колдун, маг, астролог
• wise up    информировать, надоумить, сообразить
• without anyone's being the wiser    сделать что-л. тайком

Español (Spanish)
1.
adj. - prudente, sabio, juicioso, sensato, conocedor

idioms:

• any the wiser    sin entender nada, no saber más que antes
• none the wiser    sin entender nada, no saber más que antes
• put someone wise    abrirle los ojos, ponerlo al tanto
• set someone wise    avivar a alguien
• wise guy    sabelotodo, listillo, sabihondo, avivato
• wise man    un sabio
• wise to    darse cuenta de, conocedor de, estar familiarizado con, alerta a
• wise up    poner al tanto, ponerse al tanto
• without anyone's being the wiser    inadvertido, desapercibido

2.
n. - manera, modo, forma

idioms:

• in no wise    de ningún modo

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - klok, vis
v. - haja
n. - sätt, vis

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 有智慧的, 英明的, 慎虑的, 明智的, 教导, 使了解, 知道, 了解

idioms:

• not any the wiser    一点都不知道, 没有察觉
• put a person wise    使某人知情, 使某人了解
• wise guy    自作聪明的人
• wise man    圣人, 贤人
• wise to    知道
• wise up    知道, 了解, 告诉
• without anyone's being the wiser    没有任何人知道, 在没人发觉的情况下

2. 聪明的人, 方法, 方式

idioms:

• in no wise    决不

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 英明的, 慎慮的, 明智的, 有智慧的
v. - 教導, 使了解, 知道, 了解
n. - 方法, 方式, 聰明的人

idioms:

• in no wise    決不
• not any the wiser    一點都不知道, 沒有察覺
• put a person wise    使某人知情, 使某人了解
• wise guy    自作聰明的人
• wise man    聖人, 賢人
• wise to    知道
• wise up    知道, 瞭解, 告訴
• without anyone's being the wiser    沒有任何人知道, 在沒人發覺的情況下

한국어 (Korean)
1.
adj. - 슬기로운, 정통한, 박식한

idioms:

• put a person wise    아무에게 ~을 알리다
• wise to    ~을 알고 있다
• wise up    ~에게 알리다
• without anyone's being the wiser    아무도 모르게 , 드러나지 않게

2.
n. - 방법, 양식, 정도

idioms:

• in no wise    결코 ~아니다

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 賢い, 思慮のある, 博学な, 賢そうな, 知って, 分別のある, 知っている
n. - ワイズ, やり方

idioms:

• be/get wise to    気づく
• in no wise    決して～ない
• none/any the wiser    分からない
• wise guy    己惚れ男
• wise man    賢人
• wise up    知らせる, 気づかせる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) حكيم, عاقل (فعل) يدل, يرشد (الاسم) أسلوب, نمط‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮חכם, נבון, עירני, מנוסה, בקי, בעל כושר-שיפוט‬
n. - ‮אופן, דרך או מידה של משהו‬

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