What are the opposite words for foolish?
Foolishness is a characteristic that is not desirable, and to express its opposite, we need antonyms. The antonyms for the word "foolish" are wise, sensible, judicious, intelligent, smart, astute, level-headed, prudent, and far-sighted. Someone who is wise is knowledgeable in many areas and uses his knowledge to make well-thought-out decisions. A sensible person has a practical, realistic approach to life, and they think before they act. Judicious people have good judgment, and they can weigh the pros and cons before making a decision. Intelligent people are quick at learning and innovative in their approaches. Smart people naturally have an astute sense of judgment. Level-headed people are calm and composed under challenging situations, while prudent people make careful and sensible plans for the future.
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- common-sense
- calculating
- sound
- sagacious
- cautious
- intelligent
- sane
- intellectual
- circumspect
- reasonable
- discreet
- alert
- astute
- canny
- careful
- levelheaded
- logical
- noncommittal
- perceptive
- prudent
- rational
- self-conscious
- sly
- wise
- clever
- crafty
- farsighted
- ingenious
- judicious
- keen
- knowledgeable
- sensible
- shrewd
- smart
- tactful
- wary
- all
- attentive, lively
- scheming to manipulate
- clever, artful
- cautious; painstaking
- careful, guarded
- careful, cautious
- cautious, discreet
- bright, ingenious
- clever, scheming
- cautious, sensible
- insightful
- quick-witted
- nonsensical, idiotic
- clever; brilliant
- very smart
- wise, thoughtful
- aware, educated
- probable, reasonable
- unwilling to decide
- alert, sensitive
- wise, sensible in action and thought
- realistic; of sound mind
- intelligent, practical
- smart, judicious
- mentally sound; reasonable
- realistic, reasonable
- clever, intelligent
- clever, devious
- logical, reasonable
- thoughtful, careful
- intelligent, reasonable
- Other relevant words
- Other antonyms
- common-sense
- calculating
- sound
- sagacious
-
cautious
- forethoughtful,
- fore thoughtful,
- fore-thoughtful,
- hedging one bets,
- hedging one's bets,
- hedging ones bets,
- keeping on one toes,
- keeping on one's toes,
- keeping on ones toes,
- keeping on toes,
- keeping one toes,
- keeping ones toes,
- keeping toes,
- more forethoughtful,
- more pussyfoot,
- most forethoughtful,
- most pussyfoot,
- playing cool,
- playing it cool,
- taking easy,
- taking it easy,
- thinking twice,
- walking eggs,
- walking on eggs,
- watching ones step,
- watching step,
- with eyes peeled,
- with one eyes peeled,
- with ones eyes peeled.
- intelligent
- sane
- intellectual
- circumspect
- reasonable
- discreet
- alert
- astute
-
canny
- foxy,
- hep,
- slick,
- streetwise,
- Hepper,
- Worldlywise,
- nimble-witted,
- having fancy footwork,
- heppest,
- more acute,
- more careful,
- more nimble witted,
- more nimble-witted,
- more nimblewitted,
- more streetwise,
- most nimble witted,
- most nimble-witted,
- most nimblewitted,
- most streetwise,
- nimble witted,
- nimblewitted,
- worldly wise.
- careful
- levelheaded
- logical
-
noncommittal
- unrevealing,
- Middle-ground,
- non-committal,
- buttoned up,
- clammed up,
- hush hush,
- hushhush,
- in communicable,
- in definite,
- in-communicable,
- in-definite,
- middleground,
- more even steven,
- more even-steven,
- more middle ground,
- more middle-ground,
- more on the fence,
- more on-the-fence,
- more temporizing,
- more unrevealing,
- more zipped,
- most even-steven,
- most evensteven,
- most middle ground,
- most middle-ground,
- most middleground,
- most on the fence,
- most on-the-fence,
- most temporizing,
- most unrevealing,
- most zipped,
- non committal,
- on-the-fence,
- un-revealing.
- perceptive
- prudent
- rational
- self-conscious
- sly
- wise
- clever
- crafty
- farsighted
- ingenious
-
judicious
- clear-sighted,
- far-sighted,
- well-judged,
- clearsighted,
- clear sighted,
- far sighted,
- more clear-sighted,
- more clearsighted,
- more well judged,
- more well-judged,
- more welljudged,
- most clear sighted,
- most clear-sighted,
- most clearsighted,
- most well judged,
- most well-judged,
- most welljudged,
- well advised,
- well judged,
- welladvised,
- welljudged.
- keen
-
knowledgeable
- with-it,
- Sophic,
- in the know,
- in know,
- more abreast,
- more apprised,
- more sophic,
- more tuned in,
- more tunedin,
- more with it,
- more withit,
- most abreast,
- most apprised,
- most posted,
- most tuned in,
- most tuned-in,
- most tunedin,
- most with it,
- most with-it,
- most withit,
- tuned-in,
- tunedin,
- well rounded,
- wellrounded,
- withit.
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sensible
- well thought out,
- witting,
- having all one marbles,
- having all one's marbles,
- having all ones marbles,
- having one marbles,
- having one's marbles,
- having ones marbles,
- in right mind,
- more well reasoned,
- more well-reasoned,
- more wellreasoned,
- more witting,
- most well reasoned,
- most well thought out,
- most well-reasoned,
- most well-thought-out,
- most wellreasoned,
- most witting,
- well reasoned,
- well-reasoned,
- well-thought-out,
- wellreasoned.
- shrewd
- smart
- tactful
- wary
-
all
- wise.
- attentive, lively
- scheming to manipulate
- clever, artful
- cautious; painstaking
- careful, guarded
-
careful, cautious
- wary.
- cautious, discreet
- bright, ingenious
- clever, scheming
- cautious, sensible
- insightful
- quick-witted
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nonsensical, idiotic
- balanced,
- careful,
- cautious,
- circumspect,
- logical,
- plain,
- practical,
- prudent,
- rational,
- realistic,
- reasonable,
- responsible,
- sane,
- sensible,
- serious,
- smart,
- sound,
- thoughtful,
- wise,
- unfoolish.
- clever; brilliant
- very smart
- wise, thoughtful
- aware, educated
- probable, reasonable
- unwilling to decide
- alert, sensitive
- wise, sensible in action and thought
- realistic; of sound mind
- intelligent, practical
- smart, judicious
-
mentally sound; reasonable
- sane.
- realistic, reasonable
- clever, intelligent
-
clever, devious
- sly.
- logical, reasonable
- thoughtful, careful
-
intelligent, reasonable
- wise.
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Other relevant words
- gifted,
- all-important,
- basic,
- big,
- certain,
- chief,
- consequential,
- consistent,
- decisive,
- demonstrable,
- demonstrated,
- distinctive,
- distinguished,
- dominant,
- eminent,
- essential,
- established,
- eventful,
- famous,
- fatal,
- fateful,
- fundamental,
- great,
- illustrious,
- important,
- impressive,
- incontestable,
- incontrovertible,
- indisputable,
- indubitable,
- infallible,
- key,
- logical,
- major,
- material,
- meaningful,
- momentous,
- notorious,
- outstanding,
- overbearing,
- overriding,
- preeminent,
- prestigious,
- principal,
- prominent,
- realistic,
- reasonable,
- remarkable,
- renowned,
- sensible,
- significant,
- sound,
- substantial,
- true,
- undeniable,
- unquestionable,
- valid,
- valuable,
- well-advised,
- worthwhile,
- worthy,
- overmastering.
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Other antonyms
- bright,
- calculating,
- canny,
- crafty,
- exceptional,
- foxy,
- intellectual,
- intelligent,
- politic,
- sharp,
- shrewd,
- slick,
- sly,
- tactful,
- wary.
Antonym of the day
wreathes
- Antonyms:
- uncover, unwrap, stay.
