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insightful, perceptive, sagacious, sage, sapient; also acute, perspicacious; experienced; discriminating; brainy, brilliant, bright, clever, intelligent, keen, nimble, quick, quick-witted, smart; cerebral, erudite, knowledgeable, learned, literate, scholarly; astute, sharp, shrewd; contemplative, reflective, thoughtful

Antonyms

unperceptive, unwise

[3, 4] aware, informed, knowing, ready

Antonyms

unknowing

3wise verb wised; wis·ing; wis·es : to supply with information — often used with up

Synonyms

usually wise up acquaint, advise, apprise, brief, clue, enlighten, familiarize, fill in, inform, instruct, tell—more at ENLIGHTEN

-wise adverb combining form : in the manner or direction of

wise·acre noun [ORIGIN: MD wijssegger soothsayer]

: SMART ALECK

1wisecrack noun : a clever, smart, or flippant remark

Synonyms

crack, gag, jest, joke, laugh, pleasantry, quip, sally, waggery, witticism—more at JOKE

2wisecrack verb : to make a wisecrack

Synonyms

banter, fool, fun, jest, jive, joke, josh, kid, quip—more at JOKE

wise guy noun : SMART ALECK

1wish verb 1 : to have a desire : long for <~ you were here> <~ for a puppy>

2 : to form or express a wish concerning <~ed him a happy birthday>

3 : BID

4 : to request by expressing a desire

5 : to have the intention of

Synonyms

usually wish for [1] ache, covet, crave, desire, die, hanker, hunger, long, lust, pant, pine, repine, thirst, want, yearn—more at DESIRE

[5] choose, like, want, will

2wish noun 1 : an act or instance of wishing or desiring : WANT; also : GOAL

2 : an expressed will or desire

wish·bone noun : a forked bone in front of the breastbone in most birds

wish·ful adjective 1 : expressive of a wish; also : having a wish

2 : according with wishes rather than fact <~ thinking>

wishy–washy adjective : lacking in character or determination; also : morally feeble

Synonyms

banal, flat, insipid; also unexciting, unrewarding; bland, boring, drab, dreary, dry, dull, heavy, humdrum, jading, leaden, monotonous, pedestrian, ponderous, tedious, tiresome, tiring, uninteresting, wearisome, weary, wearying; inane; innocuous, inoffensive; mild, soft, subdued, tame, weak; common, commonplace, ordinary, stale, unexceptional

effete, frail, nerveless, soft, spineless, weak, wimpy—more at WEAK

wisp noun 1 : a small handful (as of hay or straw)

2 : a thin strand, strip, or fragment ; also : a thready streak

3 : something frail, slight, or fleeting

— wispy adjective

wis·te·ria also wis·tar·ia noun : any of a genus of chiefly Asian mostly woody vines related to the peas and widely grown for their long showy clusters of blue, white, purple, or rose flowers

wist·ful adjective : feeling or showing a timid desire

— wist·ful·ly adverb

— wist·ful·ness noun

wit noun 1 : reasoning power : INTELLIGENCE

2 : mental soundness : SANITY — usu. used in pl.

3 : resourcefulness and creative imagination; especially : quickness and cleverness in handling words and ideas

4 a : a talent for making clever remarks

b : a person noted for making witty remarks

— wit·ted adjective

— at one's wit's end

: at a loss for a means of solving a problem

Synonyms

[2] head, mind, reason, sanity—more at MIND

[3] common sense, horse sense, sense, wisdom—more at COMMON SENSE

[4b] card, comedian, comic, humorist, jester, joker, wag—more at HUMORIST

1witch noun 1 : a person believed to have magic power; especially : SORCERESS

2 : an ugly old woman : HAG

3 : a charming or alluring girl or woman

Synonyms

[1] conjurer, enchanter, magician, necromancer, sorcerer, voodoo, wizard—more at MAGICIAN

[1] enchantress, hag, hex; also charmer, conjuror, enchanter, necromancer, voodoo; magician, sorcerer, warlock, wizard

[2] crone, hag—more at CRONE

2witch verb : BEWITCH

witch·craft noun : the power or practices of a witch : SORCERY

Synonyms

bewitchment, enchantment, magic, necromancy,

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