intelligence, wisdom

Roget category 498

4. Words relating to the intellectual faculties
› 4.5. Results of reasoning
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#498. Intelligence, Wisdom

noun

intelligence, capacity, comprehension, understanding — cuteness, sabe [U.S.], savvy [U.S.] — intellect etc. 450 — nous [Fr.], parts, sagacity, mother wit, wit, esprit, gumption, quick parts, grasp of intellect — acuteness etc. adj. — acumen, subtlety, penetration, perspicacy^†, perspicacity — discernment, due sense of, good judgment — discrimination etc. 465 — cunning etc. 702 — refinement etc. (taste) 850.
head, brains, headpiece, upper story, long head — eagle eye, eagle-glance — eye of a lynx, eye of a hawk.
wisdom, sapience, sense — good sense, common sense, horse sense [U.S.], plain sense — rationality, reason — reasonableness etc. adj. — judgment — solidity, depth, profundity, caliber — enlarged views — reach of thought, compass of thought — enlargement of mind.
genius, inspiration, geist [G.], fire of genius, heaven-born genius, soul — talent etc. (aptitude) 698.
[Wisdom in action] prudence etc. 864 — vigilance etc. 459 — tact etc. 698 — foresight etc. 510 — sobriety, self-possession, aplomb, ballast.
a bright thought, not a bad idea.
Solomon-like wisdom.

verb

be intelligent etc. adj. — have all one's wits about one — understand etc. (intelligible) 518 — catch an idea, take in an idea — take a joke, take a hint.
see through, see at a glance, see with half an eye, see far into, see through a millstone — penetrate — discern etc. (descry) 441 — foresee etc. 510.
discriminate etc. 465 — know what's what etc. 698 — listen to reason.

adjective

intelligent [Applied to persons], quick of apprehension, keen, acute, alive, brainy, awake, bright, quick, sharp — quick witted, keen witted, clear witted, sharp-eyed, sharp sighted, sharp witted — wide-awake — canny, shrewd, astute — clear-headed — farsighted etc. 510 — discerning, perspicacious, penetrating, piercing — argute^† — quick-witted, nimble-witted, needle-witted — sharp as a needle, sharp as a tack — alive to etc. (cognizant) 490 — clever etc. (apt) 698 — arch etc. (cunning) 702 — pas si bete [Fr.] — acute etc. 682.
wise, sage, sapient, sagacious, reasonable, rational, sound, in one's right mind, sensible, abnormis sapiens [Lat.], judicious, strong-minded.
unprejudiced, unbiased, unbigoted^†, unprepossessed^† — undazzled^†, unperplexed^† — unwarped judgment^†, impartial, equitable, fair.
cool — cool-headed, long-headed, hardheaded, strong-headed — long-sighted, calculating, thoughtful, reflecting — solid, deep, profound.
oracular — heaven-directed, heaven-born.
prudent etc. (cautious) 864 — sober, stand, solid — considerate, politic, wise in one's generation — watchful etc. 459 — provident etc. (prepared) 673 — in advance of one' age — wise as a serpent, wise as Solomon, wise as Solon.
[Applied to actions] wise, sensible, reasonable, judicious — well-thought-out, well-planned, well-judged, well-advised — prudent, politic — expedient etc. 646.

phrase

aut regem aut fatuum nasci oportet [Lat.] — but with the morning cool reflection came" [Scott]; flosculi sententiarum [Lat.] — les affaires font les hommes [Fr.] — mas vale saber que haber [Sp.] — mas vale ser necio que profiadol nemo solus mas vale ser necio que profiadol nemo solus sapit [Lat.] [Plautus]; nosce te [Lat.] — gnothi seauton [Gr.] — nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae fuit [Lat.] [Seneca from Aristotle]; sapere aude [Lat.] [Horace]; victrix fortunae sapientia [Lat.] [Juvenal].

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