Wise

Synonyms for wise
adj intelligent, reasonable

sensible
experienced
careful
wary
knowledgeable
educated
informed
shrewd
aware
thoughtful
perceptive
sane
astute

rational
judicious
enlightened
prudent
well-informed
smart
sound
knowing
sage
understanding
keen
grasping
contemplative

sharp
cunning
calculating
clever
crafty
discerning
discreet
erudite
insightful
intuitive
perspicacious
politic
reflective

sagacious
sapient
scholarly
tactful
taught
witty
cogitative
foresighted
sensing
sophic

Antonyms for wise

indiscreet
senseless
unrealistic
unwise
ignorant
inexperienced
unsophisticated
inattentive
incautious
foolish

heedless
reckless
unaware
uneducated
uninformed
stupid
idiotic
unsound
unintelligent
irrational

kind
unreasonable
unknowledgeable
careless
thoughtless
insensitive
obtuse
blunt
dull

Usage Notes

The suffix -wise is old in the language in adverbs referring to manner, direction, etc.: crosswise; lengthwise. Coinages like marketwise, saleswise, and weatherwise are often criticized, perhaps because of their association with the media: Otherwise—or moneywise, as they were already saying in the motion-picture industry—Hollywood was at the crest of its supercolossal glory. This suffix should not be confused with the adjective wise1, which appears in such compound words as streetwise and worldly-wise.