WISE MEN Synonyms: 56 Similar and Opposite Words

wise men

noun

plural of wise man

as in Renaissance men

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Not in seers, not in sibyls, not in spirits from the great beyond.

— Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 30 June 2026
Laqueur’s book dwells on the way that canines often function in art—as seers of things that people miss.

— Boris Kachka, The Atlantic, 5 June 2026

Definition of seers

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Black sages have shown that Black rage will not be silenced; rather, it is directed toward creative expression.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 July 2026
Unlike the majority of the Mishnah—the codification of the Jewish Oral Law—Pirkei Avot has very little Halakhic content and instead emphasizes general ethical matters conveyed through aphorisms attributed to ancient rabbinic sages.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 July 2026

Definition of sages

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The Lacob family — featuring Joe and his son, assistant general manager Kirk — has long operated like venture capital disruptors LARPing as basketball savants.

— Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 24 July 2026
The treasure trove, which includes exclusive pieces from Hermès, Louis Vuitton, and more, has sent style savants on the internet into a frenzy.

— Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 30 June 2026

Definition of savants

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Emerging studies on leading AI models that have been specially trained by scholars to act as virtual Commanders-in-Chief, armed with massive arsenals of atomic arms, have been alarming.

— Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
One day scholars will teach Lepore’s work alongside Arendt’s, seeing that Lepore interrogates not simply a modern moment, but traces our current machine age back to the 17th-century conceit for artifice as improvement.

— Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2026

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