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sagacious
Meaning: having keen mental discernment; wise
sagacious in a sentence
How sagacious is used in real sentences:
Her sagacious advice helped him avoid a costly mistake.
Her sagacious advice helped him avoid a costly mistake.
“The most sagacious researchers resisted dramatic conclusions, asking whether medication, noise, or an irregular work shift could explain each pattern.”
— from the passage Signals After Midnight
Synonyms for sagacious
Other words for sagacious — wise, shrewd and astute — carry the same meaning.
Antonyms of sagacious
Words that mean the opposite of sagacious:
- foolish
- naive
- unwise
Where it comes from
From Latin sagax 'keen-scented, shrewd'
Memory hook
SAGACIOUS = wise as a SAGE.