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Synonyms for sage
| Grammar : Adj, noun |
| Spell : seyj |
| Phonetic Transcription : seɪdʒ |
Top 10 synonyms for sage Other synonyms for the word sage
- astute
- aware
- careful
- clever
- discerning
- educated
- experienced
- foresighted
- informed
- insightful
- intelligent
- intuitive
- judicious
- knowledgeable
- learned
- learned person
- mentor
- perceptive
- philosopher
- pundit
- reflective
- sagacious
- sapient
- savant
- scholarly
- sensible
- sharp
- shrewd
- smart
- sound
- teacher
- thinker
- thoughtful
- understanding
- wise man/woman
Définition 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
- "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
Antonyms for sage
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