sagacious
2
8.6
- adjective
- /səˈɡeɪʃəs/
- Formal
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- (n18) Philip Yorke described Jekyll as "one of the most sagacious and farseeing statesmen" of his time.
He's sagacious, and I suppose that it might actually also be pronounced sagacious, but I'll go with sagacious.
- He's sagacious, and I suppose that it might actually also be pronounced sagacious, but I'll go with sagacious.
Examples
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Hope your kids can become clever and sagacious like you.
Blog text (22) -
Thus, "sagacious capitalists" could share in the undertaking through their investments.
Academic text (1993) -
I record with pleasure the instruction I have received in conversation with this sagacious and accomplished gentleman.
Academic text (1995) -
And I'd say Theodore and immediate family made the sagacious choice with Louisville.
Blog text (28) -
Griselda, the eldest, with dark filbert eyes that watched everything, was so sagacious before her time.
Fiction book (1992) -
Rossiter (1982) raised the question of whether Willard really believed her stated purposes or if she was politically sagacious enough to disguise her real intent.
Academic text (1995) -
I knew that in the 1940s, DeVoto had written a famous historical trilogy on the exploration and settlement of the American West, but until I read The Uneasy Chair, I was unaware that he was also a sagacious commentator on the American scene.
Academic text (2006) -
Thin Leather's hair is white with a few flecks of black, and his face is sagacious, alert, and pensive, as if pondering the strange ethnographic practice to which he has been asked to make a substantial contribution.
Academic text (2010) -
What I have tried to illustrate with a few examples is that a careful scrutiny of individual items in the compendium of vices listed in Table 1 shows in each case that a sagacious assessment of the validity of a specific charge of "misconduct" (in its broadest usage) requires knowledge, understanding, and wisdom.
Academic text (1993) -
The sagacious advice from her grandmother helped her make the right decision.
Synonyms
758
2.1
Showing good judgment from experience
94
6.2
Being careful and thinking ahead when you make decisions
50
4.7
Good at judging situations and making smart business decisions
40
6.9
Good at understanding a situation quickly and using it to get an advantage
12
6.3
Being careful and sensible when making decisions
1
9.8
Able to notice and understand things that are not obvious
1
9.9
Showing deep wisdom and good sense about people and life
1
4.4
Confident and reliable when making decisions or taking action
Antonyms
How Wise
Surface Forms
Etymology
Sagacious comes from the Latin root sag- meaning 'wise' or 'keen', the same root as the common word sage for a wise person. So sagacious means having sharp judgment and good sense.