sagacity

The word “sagacity” has 4 syllables: sa-ga-ci-ty

It's pronounced as /səˈɡæsəti/


What is synonym and antonym for sagacity?

In the thesaurus, “sagacity” has 57 synonyms and 32 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for sagacity along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for sagacity

  • acuity
  • acumen
  • appreciation
  • apprehension
  • astuteness
  • braininess
  • brains
  • brightness
  • brilliance
  • canniness
  • clear thinking
  • clear-sightedness
  • cleverness
  • common-sense
  • comprehension
  • discernment
  • discrimination
  • enlightenment
  • experience
  • foresight
  • foresightedness
  • good judgment
  • grasp
  • gray matter
  • insight
  • intellect
  • intelligence
  • judgement
  • judgment
  • judiciousness
  • keenness
  • knowledge
  • levelheadedness
  • logic
  • mentality
  • penetration
  • perception
  • perceptiveness
  • perceptivity
  • percipience
  • perspicacity
  • power
  • practicality
  • prudence
  • rationality
  • reason
  • sagaciousness
  • sageness
  • sanity
  • sapience
  • sense
  • sensitivity
  • shrewdness
  • smartness
  • understanding
  • wisdom
  • wit

Antonyms for sagacity

  • brainlessness
  • craziness
  • density
  • dullness
  • dulness
  • folly
  • foolishness
  • idiocy
  • ignorance
  • illogic
  • imbecility
  • inability
  • ineptness
  • insanity
  • irrationality
  • lunacy
  • madness
  • mindlessness
  • misinterpretation
  • mistake
  • misunderstanding
  • obtuseness
  • preposterousness
  • senselessness
  • silliness
  • simplemindedness
  • simpleness
  • stupidity
  • unreasonableness
  • unsoundness
  • witlessness
  • zaniness

Meanings of sagacity

  • noun
    1. Keen sense of smell.
    2. The quality of being sage, wise, or able to make good decisions; the quality of being perceptive, astute or insightful.

Example Sentences

  • His decisions were always marked by a remarkable sagacity.
  • The professor's lectures were filled with intellectual depth and sagacity.
  • In times of crisis, leaders must rely on their innate sagacity to guide them.
  • The detective's ability to solve complex cases showcased his sagacity.
  • The ancient philosopher was renowned for his unparalleled sagacity in matters of ethics.

On this page you'll find 89 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to sagacity, such as: acuity, acumen, appreciation, apprehension, astuteness, braininess, brainlessness.

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Related Words

cageyness

  • acumen
  • art
  • artfulness
  • artifice
  • astuteness
  • bettering
  • calculation
  • canniness
  • care
  • clear-sightedness
  • cleverness
  • competition
  • competitive advantage
  • competitive edge
  • contrivance
  • craft
  • craftiness
  • cunning
  • cunningness
  • cutthroat
  • deceitfulness
  • design
  • deviousness
  • discernment
  • disingenuity
  • duplicity
  • ease
  • facility
  • finesse
  • foxiness
  • gamesmanship
  • gray matter
  • guile
  • guilefulness
  • hardheadedness
  • ingeniousness
  • ingenuity
  • insight
  • intellect
  • intelligence
  • inventiveness
  • keenness
  • knowingness
  • outfoxing
  • outsmarting
  • outwitting
  • perception
  • perceptiveness
  • perceptivity
  • percipience
  • reason
  • rivaling
  • ruse
  • sagaciousness
  • sagacity
  • sageness
  • sapience
  • savvy
  • sense
  • sharpness
  • shiftiness
  • shrewdness
  • slickness
  • slyness
  • sneakiness
  • stratagem
  • strategy
  • subterfuge
  • subtleness
  • subtlety
  • trickery
  • underhandedness
  • wiles
  • wiliness
  • wisdom
  • wit

caginess

  • acumen
  • artfulness
  • artifice
  • astuteness
  • calculation
  • canniness
  • care
  • chicanery
  • clear-sightedness
  • cleverness
  • craft
  • craftiness
  • cunning
  • cunningness
  • deceitfulness
  • design
  • deviousness
  • discernment
  • duplicity
  • ease
  • facility
  • finesse
  • foxiness
  • gray matter
  • guile
  • guilefulness
  • hardheadedness
  • ingeniousness
  • ingenuity
  • insight
  • intellect
  • intelligence
  • inventiveness
  • keenness
  • knowingness
  • perception
  • perceptiveness
  • perceptivity
  • percipience
  • reason
  • sagaciousness
  • sagacity
  • sageness
  • sapience
  • savvy
  • sense
  • sharpness
  • shiftiness
  • shrewdness
  • slickness
  • slyness
  • sneakiness
  • subtleness
  • subtlety
  • trickery
  • trickiness
  • underhandedness
  • wiliness
  • wisdom
  • wit

canniness

  • Fabian policy
  • ability
  • acumen
  • adroitness
  • anticipation
  • art
  • artfulness
  • artifice
  • astuteness
  • attention
  • bettering
  • brains
  • cageyness
  • caginess
  • calculation
  • care
  • carefulness
  • caution
  • cautiousness
  • chariness
  • chicanery
  • circumspection
  • clairvoyance
  • clear-sightedness
  • cleverness
  • competition
  • competitive advantage
  • competitive edge
  • concern
  • considerateness
  • consideration
  • contrivance
  • craft
  • craftiness
  • cunning
  • cunningness
  • cutthroat
  • deceit
  • deceitfulness
  • deliberation
  • design
  • deviousness
  • dexterity
  • diplomacy
  • discernment
  • discreetness
  • discretion
  • discrimination
  • disingenuity
  • duplicity
  • ease
  • economy
  • facility
  • far-sightedness
  • finesse
  • flair
  • foreknowledge
  • foresight
  • forethought
  • foxiness
  • frugality
  • gamesmanship
  • gift
  • good sense
  • gray matter
  • guile
  • guilefulness
  • gumption
  • hardheadedness
  • heed
  • heedfulness
  • ingeniousness
  • ingenuity
  • insight
  • insurance
  • intellect
  • intelligence
  • inventiveness
  • judgment
  • judiciousness
  • keenness
  • knowingness
  • long-sightedness
  • maturity
  • moderation
  • observation
  • outfoxing
  • outsmarting
  • outwitting
  • perception
  • perceptiveness
  • perceptivity
  • percipience
  • perspicacity
  • planning
  • precaution
  • precognition
  • preconception
  • premeditation
  • premonition
  • prenotion
  • prescience
  • presence of mind
  • prospect
  • protection
  • providence
  • provision
  • prudence
  • quick wit
  • quickness
  • reason
  • regard
  • resourcefulness
  • responsibility
  • restraint
  • rivaling
  • ruse
  • safeguard
  • safety measure
  • sagaciousness
  • sagacity
  • sageness
  • sapience
  • savvy
  • sense
  • sharpness
  • shiftiness
  • shrewdness
  • skill
  • slickness
  • slyness
  • smartness
  • sneakiness
  • solicitude
  • sophrosyne
  • stratagem
  • strategy
  • subterfuge
  • subtleness
  • subtlety
  • tact
  • talent
  • temperance
  • thought
  • thoughtfulness
  • thrift
  • trickery
  • trickiness
  • underhandedness
  • vigilance
  • wariness
  • warning
  • watchfulness
  • wiles
  • wiliness
  • wisdom
  • wit

eggheadedness

  • acumen
  • alertness
  • apprehension
  • aptitude
  • astuteness
  • brain
  • braininess
  • brainpower
  • brilliance
  • common sense
  • discernment
  • discriminability
  • gray matter
  • head
  • headpiece
  • highbrowism
  • horse sense
  • insight
  • intellect
  • intellectualism
  • intellectuality
  • intelligence
  • judgement
  • judgment
  • mentality
  • mind
  • mother wit
  • perception
  • percipience
  • perspicacity
  • reason
  • sagacity
  • sapience
  • sense
  • skull
  • smarts
  • talent
  • wisdom
  • wit

farsightedness

  • discernment
  • discretion
  • foresight
  • foresightedness
  • forethought
  • hypermetropia
  • hyperopia
  • insight
  • perception
  • perceptiveness
  • precaution
  • premeditation
  • prescience
  • providence
  • prudence
  • sagaciousness
  • sagacity
  • sageness
  • sapience
  • vision
  • wisdom

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