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acuity, acumen, acuteness, apperception, arguteness, astuteness, awareness, brilliance, clear thinking, clear thought, cleverness, comprehension, discernment, discrimination, excellent judgment, farsightedness, foresight, genius, good judgment, incisiveness, insight, intelligence, intuition, judgment, keenness, keen-sightedness, levelheadedness, mentality, penetration, perception, percipience, perspicaciousness, perspicacitas, perspicacity, profundity, prudence, prudentia, quickness, rationality, reason, reasoning power sagaciousness, sagacitas, sapience, sapiency, sense, sharpness, shrewdness, smartness, sobriety, understanding, vision, wisdom
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caliber (mental capacity), common sense, comprehension, discretion (quality of being discreet), discrimination (good judgment), insight, intelligence (intellect), judgment (discernment), perception, reason (sound judgment), sense (intelligence)
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Sagacity — Sa*gac i*ty, n. [L. sagacitas. See {Sagacious}.] The quality of being sagacious; quickness or acuteness of sense perceptions; keenness of discernment or penetration with soundness of judgment; shrewdness. [1913 Webster] Some [brutes] show that… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
sagacity — c.1500, from O.Fr. sagacité, from L. sagacitatem (nom. sagacitas) quality of being acute, from sagax (gen. sagacis) of quick perception, related to sagus prophetic, sagire perceive keenly, from PIE root *sag to track down, trace, seek (Cf. O.E.… … Etymology dictionary
sagacity — [n] wisdom acumen, astuteness, brains*, clear thinking, common sense, comprehension, discernment, discrimination, enlightenment, experience, foresight, good judgment, insight, intelligence, judgment, knowledge, levelheadedness, perceptiveness,… … New thesaurus
sagacity — [sə gas′ə tē] n. pl. sagacities [Fr sagacité < L sagacitas] the quality or an instance of being sagacious; penetrating intelligence and sound judgment … English World dictionary
sagacity — n. the sagacity to + inf. (she had the sagacity to diversify her investments) * * * [sə gæsɪtɪ] the sagacity to + inf. (she had the sagacity to diversify her investments) … Combinatory dictionary
sagacity — [[t]səgæ̱sɪti[/t]] N UNCOUNT Sagacity is the quality of being sagacious. [FORMAL] ...a man of great sagacity and immense experience. Syn: wisdom … English dictionary
sagacity — sagacious ► ADJECTIVE ▪ having or showing good judgement. DERIVATIVES sagaciously adverb sagacity noun. ORIGIN from Latin sagax wise … English terms dictionary
sagacity — noun Date: 15th century the quality of being sagacious … New Collegiate Dictionary
sagacity — /seuh gas i tee/, n. acuteness of mental discernment and soundness of judgment. [1540 50; < L sagacitas wisdom, equiv. to sagaci (s. of sagax) wise (akin to SEEK) + tas TY2] * * * … Universalium
sagacity — noun sə.ˈgeɪ.sɪ.ti The quality of being sage, wise, or able to make good decisions. See Also: sagacious … Wiktionary