| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Marked by comprehension, cognizance, and perception: alive, awake, aware, cognizant, sensible, sentient. Slang : hip. Idioms: on to. See KNOWLEDGE. 2. Slang. Rude and disrespectful: assuming, assumptive, audacious, bold, boldfaced, brash, brazen, cheeky, contumelious, familiar, forward, impertinent, impudent, insolent, malapert, nervy, overconfident, pert, presuming, presumptuous, pushy, sassy, saucy, smart. Informal : brassy, flip, fresh, smart-alecky, snippety, snippy, uppish, uppity. See ATTITUDE, COURTESY. 3. Having or showing profound knowledge and scholarship: erudite, learned, lettered, scholarly. See KNOWLEDGE. 4. Possessing, proceeding from, or exhibiting good judgment and prudence: balanced, commonsensible, commonsensical, judicious, levelheaded, prudent, rational, reasonable, sagacious, sage, sane, sapient, sensible, sound2, well-founded, well-grounded. See REASON, SANE. 5. Having or showing a clever awareness and resourcefulness in practical matters: astute, cagey, canny, knowing, perspicacious, shrewd, slick, smart. Informal : savvy. See ABILITY, CAREFUL. 6. Possessing or showing sound judgment and keen perception: knowing, sagacious, sage, sapient. See WISE.
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