Wisdom

Quick meaning: Wisdom is a noun meaning (uncountable) An element of personal character that enables one to distinguish the wise from the unwise.

Meaning

(uncountable) An element of personal character that enables one to distinguish the wise from the unwise.

More Meanings

1. (countable) A piece of wise advice.
2. The discretionary use of knowledge for the greatest good.
3. The ability to make a decision based on the combination of knowledge, experience, and intuitive understanding.
4. (theology) The ability to know and apply spiritual truths.
5. The ability to apply relevant knowledge in an insightful way, especially to different situations from that in which the knowledge was gained.
6. (rare) A group of wombats.
7. (rare) A group of owls.

Example Sentences

HAVING MY WISDOMS REMOVED

It would also be difficult to get to the bottom line accurately if a wisdom of wombats ate your working papers. Both scenarios are equal in probability.

All of us, whether we gather into a wisp of snipes, a wisdom of owls, a wing of plovers, or remain like a single regretful priest on his knees before his God, we are one and it is not for us to decide another's fate.

What he expected to find I cannot imagine , unless it was a wisdom of owls. What he did see and hear were telephones ringing, assistants answering them, getting up from their seats to take a book or a card from a file, returning[…]

Word Forms

• wisdoms
• wisedome
• wisdome

Synonyms for wisdom

Depending on context, synonyms include acuity, astuteness, clairvoyance, discernment, discrimination, gumption.

Antonyms for wisdom

Common opposites include foolishness, folly, foolhardiness, imprudence, stupidity, unwisdom.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include wiseness, sapience, soundness, sagacity, wit, intellectual.

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