mindmap root((明智)) wise suggests great understanding of people and of situations and unusual discernment and judgment in dealing with them and may imply a wide range of experience, knowledge, or learning: ~ enough to know what really mattered in life. sage suggests wide experience, great learning, and wisdom: sought the ~ advice of her father in times of crisis. sapient suggests great sagacity and discernment: the ~ observations of a veteran foreign correspondent. judicious stresses a capacity for weighing and judging and for reaching wise decisions or just conclusions: ~ parents using kindness and discipline in equal measure. prudent applies to someone who is rich in practical wisdom and hence able to exercise self-restraint and sound judgment: a ~ decision to wait out the storm. sensible applies to action guided and restrained by good sense and rationality: a ~ woman who was not fooled by flattery. sane stresses mental soundness, prudent rationality and levelheadedness: remained ~ even as the war raged around him.