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sagacious
[ suh-gey-shuhs ]
adjective
- having or showing acute mental discernment and keen practical sense; shrewd:
Socrates, that sagacious Greek philosopher, believed that the easiest way to learn was by asking questions.
Synonyms: perspicacious, keen, sharp, acute, judicious, intelligent, clever, discerning, sage, wise
Antonyms: unwise
- Obsolete. having an acute sense of smell.
sagacious
/ səˈɡeɪʃəs /
adjective
- having or showing sagacity; wise
- obsolete.(of hounds) having an acute sense of smell
Derived Forms
- saˈgaciously, adverb
- saˈgaciousness, noun
Other Words From
- sa·gacious·ly adverb
- sa·gacious·ness noun
- quasi-sa·gacious adjective
- quasi-sa·gacious·ly adverb
- super·sa·gacious adjective
- super·sa·gacious·ly adverb
- super·sa·gacious·ness noun
- unsa·gacious adjective
- unsa·gacious·ly adverb
- unsa·gacious·ness noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of sagacious1
Word History and Origins
Origin of sagacious1
Example Sentences
May fortune gift you with speedy editing fingers and a sagacious mind to come up with the perfect reactions to every conversation.
The environmentalist movement that was cultivated here has given rise to an entire generation of engineers, scientists, and designers who have started to pay closer attention to the ways that nature can be the most sagacious teacher.
When storm clouds start to form, sagacious leaders deal with them before things get out of hand.
Houses innumerable had been built for it on deck, but the sagacious animal had a rooted antipathy to restraint.
They had not gone far before the sagacious animal began to bark.
Caroline tells her friends things which she thinks exceedingly flattering, but which cause a sagacious husband to make a wry face.
The sapajous are very sagacious and dexterous: they go in companies, and mutually warn and assist each other.
But he was a firm, sagacious leader, with the personal magnetism to attract devotion.
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