noun
Meaning 1
A man who is wise.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Phrase guide
wise man
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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UK: /ˈwʌɪzman/
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noun
Meaning 2
A man who is a sage or seer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
A magus or wizard, now especially one of the three biblical magi.
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noun
Meaning 4
a wise and trusted guide and advisor
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: mentor
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: intellectual, intellect
Narrower terms: sage
History
Etymology
wise + man
Across languages
Translations
39 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 哲人 (zhérén) — wise man
- Chinese Mandarin: 智者 (zhìzhě) — wise man
- Chinese Mandarin: 聖人 /圣人 (shèngrén) — wise man
- Egyptian: s-sA-A-A-A2-A1 (sꜣꜣ) — wise man
- Esperanto: saĝulo — wise man
- Finnish: viisas mies — wise man
- French: sage — wise man
- Galician: sabio — wise man
- Ancient Greek: σοφός (sophós) — wise man
- Irish: fáidh — wise man
- Japanese: 賢人 (kenjin) — wise man
- Japanese: 哲人 (tetsujin) — wise man
- Japanese: 賢者 (kenja) — wise man
- Latin: sapiens — wise man
- Latvian: gudrinieks — wise man
- Macedonian: у́мник (úmnik) — wise man
- Macedonian: ра́зумник (rázumnik) — wise man
- Old English: wita — wise man
- Polish: mędrzec — wise man
- Portuguese: mago — wise man
- Prakrit: 𑀧𑀁𑀟𑀺𑀅 (paṃḍia) — wise man
- Sanskrit: कवि (kavi) — wise man
- Spanish: sabio — wise man
- Vietnamese: triết nhân — wise man
- Vietnamese: hiền giả — wise man
- Yiddish: חכם (khokhem) — wise man
- Finnish: tietäjä — man who is a sage or seer
- Ingrian: tiitäjä — man who is a sage or seer
- Macedonian: му́дрец (múdrec) — man who is a sage or seer
- Portuguese: mago — man who is a sage or seer
- Finnish: tietäjä — magus
- Finnish: see Itämaan tietäjät — magus
- French: roi mage — magus
- Galician: rei mago — magus
- Ingrian: tiitäjä — magus
- Irish: fáidh — magus
- Macedonian: маг (mag) — magus
- Portuguese: mago — magus
- Spanish: rey mago — magus