sagacious

[ suh-gey-shuhs ]

/ səˈgeɪ ʃəs /

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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.

Obsolete. having an acute sense of smell.

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

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OPPOSITES FOR sagacious

1 unwise.

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Origin of sagacious

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

OTHER WORDS FROM sagacious

sa·ga·cious·ly, adverbsa·ga·cious·ness, nounqua·si-sa·ga·cious, adjectivequa·si-sa·ga·cious·ly, adverb

su·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

Words nearby sagacious

S. Afr. D., safrole, saft, sag, saga, sagacious, sagacity, Sagamihara, Sagami Sea, sagamore, Sagan

How to use sagacious in a sentence

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.
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When storm clouds start to form, sagacious leaders deal with them before things get out of hand.
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Houses innumerable had been built for it on deck, but the sagacious animal had a rooted antipathy to restraint.
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They had not gone far before the sagacious animal began to bark.
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Caroline tells her friends things which she thinks exceedingly flattering, but which cause a sagacious husband to make a wry face.
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The sapajous are very sagacious and dexterous: they go in companies, and mutually warn and assist each other.
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But he was a firm, sagacious leader, with the personal magnetism to attract devotion.
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British Dictionary definitions for sagacious

sagacious

/ (səˈɡeɪʃəs) /

adjective

having or showing sagacity; wise

obsolete (of hounds) having an acute sense of smell

Derived forms of sagacious

sagaciously, adverbsagaciousness, noun

Word Origin for sagacious

C17: from Latin sagāx, from sāgīre to be astute

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