'Sapient' definitions:
Definition of 'sapient'
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]
Definition of 'Sapient'
From: GCIDE
- Sapient \Sa"pi*ent\, a. [L. sapiens, -entis, p. pr. of sapere to taste, to have sense, to know. See Sage, a.] Wise; sage; discerning; -- often in irony or contempt. [1913 Webster]
- Where the sapient king Held dalliance with his fair Egyptian spouse. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Sage; sagacious; knowing; wise; discerning. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'sapient'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- authority,
- broad-minded,
- deep,
- discriminating,
- doctor,
- elder,
- elder statesman,
- erudite,
- great soul,
- guru,
- illuminate,
- intellect,
- intellectual,
- judicious,
- knowing,
- learned,
- lover of wisdom,
- mahatma,
- man of intellect,
- man of wisdom,
- mandarin,
- master,
- mastermind,
- mentor,
- oracle,
- philosopher,
- profound,
- prudent,
- rabbi,
- rishi,
- sage,
- sane,
- savant,
- scholar,
- scholarly,
- seer,
- sensible,
- starets,
- thinker,
- thinking,
- wise,
- wise as Solomon,
- wise man,
- wise old man