sagacious

[suh-gey-shuhs]

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adjective

having or showing acute mental discernment and keen practical sense; shrewd: a sagacious lawyer.

Obsolete. keen of scent.

Origin of sagacious

First recorded in 1600–10; sagaci(ty) + -ous

Related formssa·ga·cious·ly, adverbsa·ga·cious·ness, nounqua·si-sa·ga·cious, adjectivequa·si-sa·ga·cious·ly, adverbsu·per·sa·ga·cious, adjectivesu·per·sa·ga·cious·ly, adverbsu·per·sa·ga·cious·ness, nounun·sa·ga·cious, adjectiveun·sa·ga·cious·ly, adverbun·sa·ga·cious·ness, noun

Synonyms for sagacious

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1. wise, sage, discerning, clever, intelligent, judicious, acute, sharp, keen, perspicacious.

Antonyms for sagacious

1. unwise.

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Related Words for sagacious

acute, apt, astute, cagey, canny, clever, cool, discerning, discriminating, far-sighted, foxy, heady, hip, insightful, intelligent, keen, knowing, knowledgeable, perceptive, perspicacious

Examples from the Web for sagacious

Contemporary Examples of sagacious

When storm clouds start to form, sagacious leaders deal with them before things get out of hand.
Former Lobbyist Jack Abramoff On Congressional Travel Disclosure
Jack Abramoff
July 4, 2014

Historical Examples of sagacious

The sagacious lady may possibly be as curious in this point as her Lovelace.
Clarissa, Volume 3 (of 9)
Samuel Richardson
Yet this vanity may be a mean, perhaps, to overthrow me with this sagacious lady.
Clarissa, Volume 3 (of 9)
Samuel Richardson
"I know that thing," he muttered to himself, with a sagacious jerk of the head.
Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard
Joseph Conrad
As a statesman he was prudent, wise, sagacious, far-seeing and true.
Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence
Various
George was a “deep, sagacious file,” who studied men like books.
Memoirs
Charles Godfrey Leland

British Dictionary definitions for sagacious

sagacious

adjective

having or showing sagacity; wise

obsolete (of hounds) having an acute sense of smell

Derived Formssagaciously, adverbsagaciousness, noun

Word Origin for sagacious

C17: from Latin sagāx, from sāgīre to be astute

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Word Origin and History for sagacious

adj.

c.1600, from Latin sagacem (nominative sagax) "of quick perception;" see sagacity. Related: Sagaciously.