wise¹ /wīz/

1. Having knowledge
2. Learned
3. Able to make good use of knowledge
4. Judging rightly, prudent, sensible
5. Astute, shrewd, sagacious
6. Discreet
7. Skilful, proficient (obsolete)
8. Dictated by wisdom
9. Containing wisdom
10. Pious, godly
11. Skilled in magic (dialect)
12. Normal mentally (dialect)

Knowing the ways of, as in streetwise, worldly-wise

wiseˈ-like (or (Scot) /wīsˈlīk/) adjective

1. Sensible, judicious
2. Decent
3. Fitting
4. Looking as if capable of playing one's part well

wiseˈling noun (old)

Someone who pretends to be wise

wiseˈly adverb

wiseˈness noun

wiseˈcrack noun

A pungent retort or comment, a gibe or joke

intransitive verb

To make wisecracks

wiseˈcracker noun

wiseˈcracking adjective

Making, or addicted to making, wisecracks

wise guy noun

1. A conceited, over-confident person
2. A smart alec
3. A member of the Mafia (US inf)

wiseˈ-heartˈed adjective

1. Having wisdom
2. Prudent

wise man noun

1. A sage or elder
2. A wizard, magician or seer (dialect)

wise woman noun

1. A witch or seeress
2. A midwife (Scot)

be (or get) wise to (informal)

To be or become aware of

never, no, none (or not much or not any) the wiser

Still in ignorance

put someone wise (esp US informal)

To put someone in possession of essential information, make someone aware (with to)

the Wise Men (of the East), the Three Wise Men

The three Magi (in some traditions kings) who according to St Matthew's Gospel came to worship the baby Jesus at Bethlehem

the wiser for

Having learnt sense from (some salutary experience)

wise after the event

Only too aware of how something could have been avoided, done better, etc, when it has already occurred

wise up (slang)

To make or become aware, informed, etc

wise², weise or weize /wīz/ (Scot)

To guide in a certain direction

wise³ /wīz/ (archaic)

Way, manner, now chiefly in the phrases in any wise in any way, in no wise in no way, and on this wise in this way

1. Denoting direction or manner, as in lengthwise, clockwise, likewise, otherwise
2. Meaning ‘as regards’, as in money-wise, business-wise (informal)

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