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sagacious


 
  Grep  of  noun  sagacious 
  sagaciousness 
 
  Overview  of  adj  sagacious 
 
  The  adj  sagacious  has  2  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (1)  perspicacious,  sagacious,  sapient  --  (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") 
  2.  sagacious  --  (skillful  in  statecraft  or  management;  "an  astute  and  sagacious  statesman") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  sagacious 
 
  2  senses  of  sagacious 
 
  Sense  1 
  perspicacious,  sagacious,  sapient 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  wise)  ->  foolish 
 
  Sense  2 
  sagacious 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  politic)  ->  impolitic 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  sagacious 
 
  2  senses  of  sagacious 
 
  Sense  1 
  perspicacious,  sagacious,  sapient 
  =>  wise  (vs.  foolish) 
 
  Sense  2 
  sagacious 
  =>  politic  (vs.  impolitic) 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  sagacious 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  sagacious 
 
  sagacious  used  as  an  adjective  is  rare  (polysemy  count  =  2) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  sagacious 
  sagacious 
 
  Overview  of  adj  sagacious 
 
  The  adj  sagacious  has  2  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (1)  perspicacious,  sagacious,  sapient  --  (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") 
  2.  sagacious  --  (skillful  in  statecraft  or  management;  "an  astute  and  sagacious  statesman") 



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