sagacious

Adjective
Synonyms: perspicacioussapient

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (2)

  1. 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”Synonyms: perspicacioussapient
  2. skillful in statecraft or management“an astute and sagacious statesman”
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Webster's Dictionary (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]

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