Antonyms for sage

Grammar : Adj, noun

Spell : seyj

Phonetic Transcription : seɪdʒ

Definition of sage

Origin : "wise," c.1300 (late 12c. as a surname), from Old French sage "wise, knowledgeable, learned; shrewd, skillful" (11c.), from Gallo-Romance *sabius, from Vulgar Latin *sapius, from Latin sapere "have a taste, have good taste, be wise," from PIE root *sap- "to taste" (see sap (n.1)). Meaning "characterized by wisdom" is from 1530s. Related: Sageness.

adj wise
noun wise person

Example sentences :

"I am satisfied with the pursuit of wisdom, not with the fame of it," replied the sage.
Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child

You may think that your sage counsels restrained her, but they did not; it was that she loved some one else.
Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson

He was still chuckling when he spoke, sage from much experience of ocean travel.
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

Why in this world are you talking about stones and sage and greasewood?
Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter

She seemed born, not only to captivate the giddy, but to turn the heads of the sage.
Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Why, what sage and valuable ideas you have about men, haven't you, my dear?
Extract from : « In a Steamer Chair and Other Stories » by Robert Barr

A nobleman once contemptuously asked of a sage, “What have you got by all your philosophy?”
Extract from : « Self-Help » by Samuel Smiles

"Oh, pardon me, sage and venerable Madoc," replied the shepherd.
Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin

But he now gave a superb reply, the cry of a sage of deep experience.
Extract from : « His Masterpiece » by Emile Zola

Slips twined as Isop and Sage, would take best at Michael-tide.
Extract from : « A New Orchard And Garden » by William Lawson

Synonyms for sage

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