Synonyms of sapience

sapience

noun

ˈsā-pē-ən(t)s 

as in insight

the ability to understand inner qualities or relationships

the kind of sapience that comes from a lifetime of experience as an educator

Synonyms & Similar Words

• insight
• intellect
• sensitivity
• wisdom
• perceptivity
• sagacity
• discernment
• perceptiveness
• perception
• intelligence
• understanding
• sagaciousness
• sense
• perspicacity
• brilliance
• comprehension
• acumen
• acuity
• astuteness
• wit
• power
• sageness
• penetration
• appreciation
• sanity
• brightness
• rationality
• percipience
• smartness
• grasp
• cleverness
• mentality
• judgment
• discrimination
• apprehension
• gray matter
• keenness
• judiciousness
• prudence
• canniness
• clear-sightedness
• braininess
• foresight
• foresightedness
• logic
• reason
• brain(s)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• density
• obtuseness
• dullness
• idiocy
• stupidity
• folly
• imbecility
• foolishness
• irrationality
• mindlessness
• silliness
• unreasonableness
• unsoundness
• insanity
• illogic
• madness
• witlessness
• simplemindedness
• lunacy
• brainlessness
• simpleness
• craziness
• senselessness
• preposterousness
• zaniness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of sapience

Some people go the other way and say that sapience alone might be enough. — IEEE Spectrum, 23 Jan. 2025

Stories of such yearnings also illustrate a key requirement for sapience: resistance to oppression. — Katherine Alejandra Cross, WIRED, 7 Sep. 2023

This seeming truth is said with a kind of sleepy sapience, as though only the naïve or the self-deluded would imagine anything otherwise. — Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 27 Nov. 2019