'Sagacious' definitions:
Definition of 'sagacious'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Acutely insightful and wise; "much too perspicacious to be taken in by such a spurious argument"; "observant and thoughtful, he was given to asking sagacious questions"; "a source of valuable insights and sapient advice to educators" [syn: perspicacious, sagacious, sapient]
adjective
Skillful in statecraft or management; "an astute and sagacious statesman"
Definition of 'Sagacious'
From: GCIDE
- Sagacious \Sa*ga"cious\, a. [L. sagax, sagacis, akin to sagire to perceive quickly or keenly, and probably to E. seek. See Seek, and cf. Presage.]
- 1. Of quick sense perceptions; keen-scented; skilled in following a trail. [1913 Webster]
- Sagacious of his quarry from so far. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Hence, of quick intellectual perceptions; of keen penetration and judgment; discerning and judicious; knowing; far-sighted; shrewd; sage; wise; as, a sagacious man; a sagacious remark. [1913 Webster]
- Instinct . . . makes them, many times, sagacious above our apprehension. --Dr. H. More. [1913 Webster]
- Only sagacious heads light on these observations, and reduce them into general propositions. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: See Shrewd. [1913 Webster] -- {Sa*ga"cious*ly}, adv. -- {Sa*ga"cious*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'sagacious'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acute,
- all-knowing,
- anticipant,
- anticipatory,
- apperceptive,
- appercipient,
- apprehending,
- apprehensive,
- argute,
- astute,
- aware,
- blase,
- cagey,
- clairvoyant,
- clever,
- cogent,
- cognizant,
- cosmopolitan,
- cosmopolite,
- critical,
- discerning,
- discriminating,
- divinatory,
- experienced,
- far-seeing,
- farseeing,
- farsighted,
- forehanded,
- foreknowing,
- foreseeing,
- foresighted,
- forethoughted,
- forethoughtful,
- gnostic,
- heady,
- incisive,
- insightful,
- intelligent,
- intuitive,
- judicious,
- knowing,
- knowledgeable,
- longheaded,
- longsighted,
- mature,
- matured,
- mindful,
- not born yesterday,
- old,
- omniscient,
- penetrating,
- perceptive,
- percipient,
- perspicacious,
- perspicuous,
- piercing,
- practiced,
- precognitive,
- precognizant,
- prehensile,
- prepared,
- prescient,
- provident,
- providential,
- prudent,
- ready,
- ripe,
- ripened,
- sage,
- sapient,
- savvy,
- seasoned,
- sensible,
- shrewd,
- smart,
- sophic,
- sophisticated,
- trenchant,
- tried,
- tried and true,
- understanding,
- veteran,
- wise,
- world-wise,
- worldly,
- worldly-wise