WISED-UP Synonyms: 85 Similar and Opposite Words

wised (up)

verb

past tense of wise (up)

as in informed

to give information to wised him up to some of the more effective tricks of salesmanship

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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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Verb

If assessors judge a threat credible, the crew is informed and the captain takes command of decisions for the aircraft, guided by company procedures.

— Jenni Reid, CNBC, 7 Nov. 2026
If a board can be independent, informed, and diligent and still be found to have acted in bad faith, directors are left without a clear rule to follow.

— Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of informed

Verb

The British manufacturer may have realized that the typical Tiger 1200 spends considerably more time eating up highway miles, tackling daily commutes and wandering along the occasional gravel track than navigating genuinely challenging terrain.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 Nov. 2026
This country is a real trip, and most of us realized that before 2016.

— Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of realized

Verb

Passengers were advised to consider alternate routes, including the Airport and Media/Wawa lines to service to/from Penn Medicine Station.

— Andrew Krietz, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2026
Residents were also advised to install window screens and chimney caps, secure exterior doors and avoid leaving unscreened windows open, particularly while sleeping.

— Daniel Hunt, Sacbee.com, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of advised

Verb

Covering an area of the sky equivalent to 19 full moons, as seen from our vantage point, this cosmic Kaiju was discovered in late 2022 by Japanese astronomers using data from the Subaru Telescope.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 8 Nov. 2026
The film was made with emerging directors discovered by the lab, who raised investment and set up their own studio, and the lab’s work drew backing from Korea’s Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korea Creative Content Agency.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 8 Nov. 2026

Definition of discovered

Verb

Chambers himself is now accused of riot, conspiracy to riot, and money laundering offenses, defense attorney Aitor Martínez Jiménez told the Washington Examiner.

— Hudson Crozier, The Washington Examiner, 9 Nov. 2026
Some employees in Amazon's entertainment division were told that company leadership had mandated the film's release.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 9 Nov. 2026

Definition of told

Verb

In recent months, our team has heard remarkably consistent requests from enterprises preparing to put voice AI agents on their customer-facing numbers.

— Satish Barot, Forbes.com, 6 Nov. 2026
According to The Times, the court heard that Bayles and another member of Brand’s entourage, Gareth Roy, said the comedian would only continue working if the complainant gave him a massage.

— K.J. Yossman, Variety, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of heard

Verb

At the March meeting, when council members approved an antidiscrimination ordinance introduced by Councilmember Byers, the council also instructed city staff to work out the details of a potential multi-partner domestic registry.

— Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2026
Reyes also instructed federal officials to preserve their communications regarding golf course planning.

— Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of instructed

Verb

Investigators learned that White was under state supervision and wearing a GPS monitoring device, and quickly located and arrested him at a restaurant in New Britain.

— Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 7 Nov. 2026
Variety has learned that Harry Styles has had discussions about the part, and Theo James, 41, also hasn’t been ruled out.

— Angelique Jackson, Variety, 7 Nov. 2026

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