Meaning & Definition of Wisdom in English
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Wisdom
/wɪzdəm/
noun
1. Accumulated knowledge or erudition or enlightenment
synonym:
- wisdom
2. The trait of utilizing knowledge and experience with common sense and insight
synonym:
- wisdom,
- wiseness
3. Ability to apply knowledge or experience or understanding or common sense and insight
synonym:
- wisdom,
- sapience
4. The quality of being prudent and sensible
synonym:
- wisdom,
- wiseness,
- soundness
5. An apocryphal book consisting mainly of a meditation on wisdom
- Although ascribed to solomon it was probably written in the first century bc
synonym:
- Wisdom of Solomon,
- Wisdom
Examples of using
He who seeks wisdom is a wise man, he who thinks he's found it is a fool.
Tom had his wisdom teeth removed.
Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.