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