sagacious

sagacious is a 9-letter English word with 4 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Of quick sense perceptions; keen-scented; skilled in following a trail. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 15 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Of quick sense perceptions; keen-scented; skilled in following a trail.
2. adjective. 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.
3. adjective. skillful in statecraft or management

   "an astute and sagacious statesman"

4. adjective. 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"

   Synonyms: perspicacious, sapient

Synonyms

perspicacious, sapient

Common word forms

sagaciously, sagaciousness

Words from these letters

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