Sagacity
Pronunciation of Sagacity
/saɡˈasɪti/, /saɡˈasɪti/, /s_a_ɡ_ˈa_s_ɪ_t_i/
Antonyms for sagacity:
witlessness, preposterousness, zaniness, craziness, obtuseness, brainlessness, dulness, lunacy, stupidity.
Synonyms for sagacity:
Sense 1
Sageness, Percipience, Percipiency, genius, Clear-sightedness.
Sense 2
Sense 3
Sense 4
Sense 5
wit.
Sense 6
eye, nose.
good sense
shrewdness
Other synonyms and related words:
gumption, depth, keenness, wit, knowledge, Sound Judgement, discretion, nose, tact, Sageness, perspicacity, savvy, eye, discrimination, perception, shrewdness, prescience, genius, Percipience, perceptiveness, sanity, profundity, Percipiency, acuteness, cleverness, judicial decision, insight, acumen, opinion, understanding, appreciation, apprehension, taste, Clear-sightedness, prudence, sapience, reasonableness, wisdom, mind, sound judgment, enlightenment, astuteness, assessment, judging.
Sense 2 (noun)
Sageness, Clear-sightedness, Percipiency, discrimination, wit, Percipience, eye, nose, astuteness.
Sense 3 (noun)
perceptiveness (noun)
perspicacity (noun)
sagacity (noun)
sagaciousness, judgment, judiciousness, discernment, judgement.
sanity (noun)
wisdom (noun)
enlightenment, acumen, discrimination, insight, judgment, understanding, Sageness, astuteness, perceptiveness, knowledge, perspicacity, discernment, shrewdness, prudence, sapience.
caution (verb)
Usage examples for sagacity:
- Parsimony requires no providence, no sagacity, no powers of combination, no comparison, no judgment. - "The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. V. (of 12)", Edmund Burke.
- One, therefore, who had rather have no opinion than a false one, will suppose this question one of those beyond the investigation of human sagacity; or wait till further and fuller observations enable him to decide it. - "Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson", Thomas Jefferson.
- Bishop Sidonius had brought his science and sagacity to the rescue, and under his treatment Odorik had been restored to his senses, and was on the fair way to recovery. - "More Bywords", Charlotte M. Yonge.