wisdomnoun [ U ]
uk/ˈwɪz.dəm/us/ˈwɪz.dəm/B2 the ability to use your knowledge and experience to make good decisions and judgments:
I certainly hope to gain a little wisdom as I grow older.
He hosts a weekly radio programme in which he dispenses wisdom (= gives his opinions) on a variety of subjects.
I tend to doubt the wisdom of separating a child from its family whatever the circumstances.
Did we ever stop to question the wisdom of going to war?
Before I went off to university my father gave me a few words of wisdom.
Conventional/Received/Popular wisdom has it (= most people think) that women are more emotional than men, but in my experience it often isn't the case.
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- I was rather quiet as I didn't feel I had much wisdom to impart on the subject.
- I questioned the wisdom of taking so many pills.
- According to received wisdom, exposure to low level radioactivity is harmless.
- I feel that I have benefited greatly from her wisdom.
- What other astonishing nuggets of wisdom do you have for us?
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Wise and sensible
- an old/a wise head on young shoulders idiom
- be a victory for common sense idiom
- canny
- discerning
- discriminating
- far-sighted
- gnomic
- legitimacy
- neatly
- no flies on sb idiom
- no-nonsense
- out of the mouths of babes (and sucklings) idiom
- perspective
- responsible
- right-minded
- sagacious
- sage
- savoir-faire
- wise
- wisely
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Intelligence
Idiom(s)
in his/her/their wisdom
with the wisdom of hindsight