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Having or showing keen discernment, sound judgment, and farsightedness; mentally shrewd.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: formal
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adjective satellite
Meaning 2
skillful in statecraft or management
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- an astute and sagacious statesman
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
acutely insightful and wise
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- 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
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: perspicacious, sapient
Antonyms: none provided
Coined between 1600 and 1610. Borrowed from Latin sagāx, + -acious.
Across languages
Translations
33 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Azerbaijani:
fərasətli
— having or showing keen discernment
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Bulgarian:
проницателен
(pronicatelen)
— having or showing keen discernment
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Bulgarian:
прозорлив
(prozorliv)
— having or showing keen discernment
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Bulgarian:
съобразителен
(sǎobrazitelen)
— having or showing keen discernment
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Catalan:
sagaç
— having or showing keen discernment
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Dutch:
scherpzinnig
— having or showing keen discernment
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Dutch:
schrander
— having or showing keen discernment
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Finnish:
viisas
— having or showing keen discernment
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Finnish:
terävänäköinen
— having or showing keen discernment
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French:
sagace
— having or showing keen discernment
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Galician:
sagaz
— having or showing keen discernment
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Galician:
guímaro
— having or showing keen discernment
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Georgian:
გამჭრიახი
(gamč̣riaxi)
— having or showing keen discernment
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Georgian:
საზრიანი
(sazriani)
— having or showing keen discernment
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German:
klug
— having or showing keen discernment
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German:
scharfsinnig
— having or showing keen discernment
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German:
weise
— having or showing keen discernment
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Gothic:
𐍃𐌽𐌿𐍄𐍂𐍃
(snutrs)
— having or showing keen discernment
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Ancient Greek:
πυκνός
(puknós)
— having or showing keen discernment
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Hindi:
विचक्षण
(vicakṣaṇ)
— having or showing keen discernment
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Irish:
críonna
— having or showing keen discernment
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Irish:
fáidhiúil
— having or showing keen discernment
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Italian:
sagace
— having or showing keen discernment
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Latin:
sagax
— having or showing keen discernment
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Latin:
cordātus
— having or showing keen discernment
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Odia:
ବିଚକ୍ଷଣ
(bicakṣaṇa)
— having or showing keen discernment
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Polish:
roztropny
— having or showing keen discernment
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Portuguese:
sagaz
— having or showing keen discernment
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Russian:
проница́тельный
(pronicátelʹnyj)
— having or showing keen discernment
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Sanskrit:
विचक्षण
(vicakṣaṇa)
— having or showing keen discernment
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Serbo-Croatian:
oštrouman
— having or showing keen discernment
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Spanish:
sagaz
— having or showing keen discernment
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Thai:
เฉียบแหลม
— having or showing keen discernment
