WISENESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does wiseness mean? 

• WISENESS (noun)
  The noun WISENESS has 2 senses:

1. the quality of being prudent and sensible

2. the trait of utilizing knowledge and experience with common sense and insight

  Familiarity information: WISENESS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WISENESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The quality of being prudent and sensible

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

soundness; wisdom; wiseness

Hypernyms ("wiseness" is a kind of...):

good; goodness (that which is pleasing or valuable or useful)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "wiseness"):

advisability (the quality of being advisable)

reasonableness (goodness of reason and judgment)

Derivation:

wise (marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense in practical matters)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The trait of utilizing knowledge and experience with common sense and insight

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

wisdom; wiseness

Hypernyms ("wiseness" is a kind of...):

trait (a distinguishing feature of your personal nature)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "wiseness"):

judiciousness; sagaciousness; sagacity (the trait of forming opinions by distinguishing and evaluating)

initiation; knowledgeability; knowledgeableness (wisdom as evidenced by the possession of knowledge)

diplomacy; statecraft; statesmanship (wisdom in the management of public affairs)

discernment; discretion (the trait of judging wisely and objectively)

Derivation:

wise (having or prompted by wisdom or discernment)