wised (up)

verb

past tense of wise (up)
1
as in informed
to give information to wised him up to some of the more effective tricks of salesmanship

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2
as in realized
to come to an awareness of she eventually wised up to the fact that he was taking advantage of her

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wised (up)
  1. informed
  2. realized
  3. advised
  4. discovered
  5. told
  6. heard
  7. instructed
  8. learned
Verb
  • The best conversations are those where clients feel heard, not just informed.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
  • Her pitch, deeply informed by Billy’s sensibility and ideas and by the course of their encounter, is a brilliantly strange narrative that puts the character and vantage point of Little Death at the center of a film-within-a-film origin story.
    — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 31 July 2026
Definition of informed
Verb
  • Tom saw a shark rising below his father, before John realized what had happened.
    — Adam England, PEOPLE, 31 July 2026
  • In time, the duo realized the same was true across the whole of the MEP engineering domain, which is full of time-consuming processes that are currently carried out manually, often using multiple different software products.
    — David Prosser, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
Definition of realized
Verb
  • Cloyd advised sealing cracks and using caution with boxes, shoes and other undisturbed items, KAKE reported.
    — Sophia Compton, FOXNews.com, 5 Aug. 2026
  • The ordeal was so dire that Papa’s doctor advised him to prepare his family for the worst.
    — Michael Nowels, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of advised
Verb
  • So far this dry summer there have not discovered any major issues.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Aug. 2026
  • As a result, our focus will be on forward guidance, end market commentary, and any new opportunities the team may have discovered since separation to enhance efficiencies.
    — Zev Fima,Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of discovered
Verb
  • Senior local official Dagnachew Azbite told the BBC that seven people had been found injured, with five of the victims sustaining serious injuries.
    — Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Secret Service Director Sean Curran told reporters that the agency had more than 10,000 investigations into threats against people the agency has been assigned to protect.
    — Antonio Pequeño IV, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of told
Verb
  • More than 10 explosions were heard in a row, the journalists reported, adding that the intensity of the blasts triggered car alarms on the streets.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 1 Aug. 2026
  • The best conversations are those where clients feel heard, not just informed.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
Definition of heard
Verb
  • Managers were instructed to remove all roach carcasses and seal the bottoms of entryways to prevent more pests from entering.
    — Zareen Syed, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Israeli military personnel in Gaza were instructed earlier Tuesday not to strike in the region without approval from top command or political leaders, but that gesture is unlikely to budge Hamas officials.
    — Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of instructed
Verb
  • Soldiers in the Guard’s Counterdrug Program and members of the 10th Civil Support Team learned to use the system, built by Anduril, to spot and target drones.
    — Zita Ballinger Fletcher, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • The federal government told ICE agents to preserve it in November and learned it had been lost in February.
    — Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of learned
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“Wised (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wised%20%28up%29. Accessed 6 Aug. 2026.

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