sagacious.

Showing sound judgment and a keen ability to understand people or situations.

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Words that belong together

• sagacious advice
• a sagacious observer

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The sagacious steward noticed what the guests left unsaid.

Her sagacious advice prevented a quarrel at the council.

Usage notes

Primary category: literary. Forms: Comparative more sagacious; superlative most sagacious. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.