Wisdom — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

accumulated knowledge or erudition or enlightenment

the trait of utilizing knowledge and experience with common sense and insight

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/wˈɪzdəm/

🇬🇧British English

/wˈɪzdəm/

🇮🇳Indian English

/wˈɪzdəm/

2 syllables Say it as /wˈɪzdəm/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

wiseness soundness Wisdom of Solomon sapience

Antonyms

unsoundness folly

Word Forms

wise	adjective	having or prompted by wisdom or discernment
sapient	adjective	acutely insightful and wise
sound	adjective	logically valid

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Weisheit

angesammeltes Wissen oder Gelehrsamkeit oder Erleuchtung

🇫🇷French

sagesse

connaissances, érudition ou illumination accumulées

🇪🇸Spanish

sabiduría

conocimiento acumulado o erudición o iluminación

🇮🇹Italian

saggezza

conoscenza accumulata, erudizione o illuminazione

🇳🇱Dutch

wijsheid

opgebouwde kennis, eruditie of verlichting

🇵🇹Portuguese

sabedoria

conhecimento acumulado ou erudição ou iluminação

🇷🇺Russian

мудрость

накопленные знания или эрудиция или просвещение

India

🇮🇳Hindi

बुद्धि

संचित ज्ञान या पांडित्य या आत्मज्ञान

🇧🇩Bengali

বুদ্ধি

সঞ্চিত জ্ঞান বা পাণ্ডিত্য বা জ্ঞান

🇮🇳Tamil

ஞானம்

திரட்டப்பட்ட அறிவு அல்லது புலமை அல்லது ஞானம்

🇮🇳Telugu

జ్ఞానం

సంచిత జ్ఞానం లేదా పాండిత్యం లేదా జ్ఞానోదయం

🇮🇳Marathi

शहाणपण

संचित ज्ञान किंवा पांडित्य किंवा ज्ञान

🇮🇳Gujarati

શાણપણ

સંચિત જ્ઞાન અથવા જ્ઞાન અથવા જ્ઞાન

🇮🇳Kannada

ಬುದ್ಧಿವಂತಿಕೆ

ಸಂಚಿತ ಜ್ಞಾನ ಅಥವಾ ಪಾಂಡಿತ್ಯ ಅಥವಾ ಜ್ಞಾನೋದಯ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ജ്ഞാനം

ശേഖരിച്ച അറിവ് അല്ലെങ്കിൽ പാണ്ഡിത്യം അല്ലെങ്കിൽ പ്രബുദ്ധത

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਸਿਆਣਪ

ਇਕੱਤਰ ਕੀਤਾ ਗਿਆਨ ਜਾਂ ਵਿਦਿਆ ਜਾਂ ਗਿਆਨ

🇵🇰Urdu

حکمت

جمع شدہ علم یا علم یا روشن خیالی۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

智慧

积累的知识或博学或启蒙

🇯🇵Japanese

知恵

蓄積された知識、博学、または悟り

🇰🇷Korean

지혜

축적된 지식이나 학식 또는 깨달음

🇻🇳Vietnamese

khôn ngoan

kiến thức tích lũy hoặc sự uyên bác hoặc sự giác ngộ

🇹🇭Thai

ภูมิปัญญา

ความรู้หรือความรู้หรือการตรัสรู้ที่สั่งสมมา

🇮🇩Indonesian

kebijaksanaan

akumulasi pengetahuan atau pengetahuan atau pencerahan

🇵🇭Filipino

karunungan

naipon na kaalaman o erudition o kaliwanagan

🇲🇾Malay

kebijaksanaan

pengetahuan terkumpul atau pengetahuan atau pencerahan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

حكمة

المعرفة المتراكمة أو سعة الاطلاع أو التنوير

🇮🇷Persian

خرد

دانش انباشته یا دانش یا روشنگری

🇹🇷Turkish

bilgelik

birikmiş bilgi veya bilgelik veya aydınlanma

🇮🇱Hebrew

חָכמָה

ידע מצטבר או למדנות או הארה

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The primary meaning of 'wisdom' is 'accumulated knowledge or erudition or enlightenment'.

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