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the ability to understand inner qualities or relationships<with age and experience comes wisdom—hopefully><neither book learning nor simple intelligence should be confused with wisdom>Synonymsdiscernment, insight, perception, perceptiveness, sagaciousness, sagacity, sageness, sapienceRelated Wordsacuity, acumen, astuteness, penetration, perspicacity, sensitivity, understanding; appreciation, apprehension, comprehension, grasp; braininess, brain(s), brightness, brilliance, canniness, cleverness, gray matter, intellect, intelligence, judgment (or judgement), mentality, power, reason, sense, smartness, wit; discrimination, judiciousness, prudence, sanity; logic, rationalityNear Antonymsdensity, dullness (or dulness), obtuseness; brainlessness, folly, foolishness, idiocy, imbecility, mindlessness, silliness, simpleness, stupidity, witlessness; illogic, irrationality, unreasonableness, unsoundness; craziness, insanity, lunacy, madness; preposterousness, senselessness, silliness, zaniness
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a body of facts learned by study or experience<shared some of the wisdom that he had accumulated over 20 years as an oceanographer>— see knowledge 1
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the ability to make intelligent decisions especially in everyday matters<had overstayed her welcome and lacked the wisdom to know it>— see common sense
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