Now updated for CSW19. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.
| acumen | (Lat.) keenness of intellect. |
| acuminous | characterized by acumen. |
| adept | skilled (noun) one who is adept |
| adeptly | (Adv.) ADEPT, skilled. |
| astucious | (Scott) of astute and penetrating discernment. |
| astuciously | (Adv.) ASTUCIOUS, of astute and penetrating discernment. |
| astucity | craftiness, astuteness. |
| astute | shrewd. |
| astutely | (Adv.) ASTUTE, shrewd. |
| astuteness | the quality of being astute. |
| brainily | (Adv.) BRAINY, intelligent. |
| braininess | the quality of being brainy. |
| brainpower | intellectual ability. |
| brainy | intelligent. |
| cagey | cautious. |
| cageyness | the quality of being cagey. |
| cagily | (Adv.) CAGY, cautious, wary. |
| caginess | the quality of being cagy. |
| cagy | cautious, wary. |
| cagyness | the quality of being cagy. |
| cautel | (Shakesp.) cunning; caution. |
| cautelous | (Obs.) cautious, prudent. |
| caution | carefulness; (verb) to warn. |
| clever | dexterous, able. |
| cleverality | (Scots) cleverness. |
| cleverly | (Adv.) CLEVER, dexterous, able. |
| cleverness | the quality of being clever. |
| cluey | (Aust. sl.) well-informed and adroit. |
| commonsense | relating to practical wisdom. No -S. |
| foxlike | resembling a fox in his characteristic qualities; cunning. |
| foxship | (Shakesp.) foxiness, guile. |
| gleg | (Scots) quick, sharp. |
| glegly | (Adv.) GLEG, quick, sharp. |
| glegness | cleverness, sharpness. |
| gnostic | knowing; wise; shrewd (noun) one who knows |
| gumption | capacity; shrewdness; common sense. |
| gumptious | possessing gumption. |
| habile | (Fr.) dexterous; adroit. |
| intelligent | having a high degree of intelligence. |
| intelligently | (Adv.) INTELLIGENT, having a high degree of intelligence. |
| knackiness | craftiness, cunning. |
| leariness | the state of being leary. |
| leary | cunning, wary. |
| leerily | (Adv.) LEERY, cunning, wary. |
| leeriness | the state of being leery. |
| leery | cunning, wary. |
| longheaded | having unusual foresight or sagacity. |
| machiavelian | characterised by ruthless political cunning; (noun) a politically cunning person. |
| nimblewit | an alert and clever person. |
| nimblewitted | alert, intelligent. |
| outwit | to get the better of by superior cleverness. |
| overwise | too wise; affectedly wise. |
| overwisely | (Adv.) OVERWISE, affectedly wise. |
| perceptive | responsive to sensory stimuli. |
| perceptively | (Adv.) PERCEPTIVE. |
| perspicacious | clear-minded; astute; perceptive. |
| perspicaciously | (Adv.) PERSPICACIOUS, clear-minded; astute; perceptive. |
| politic | shrewd (verb) to engage in politics |
| politicly | (Adv.) POLITIC, shrewd. |
| rumblegumption | (Scots) common sense. |
| rumgumption | (Scots) common sense. |
| sagacious | wise. |
| sagaciously | (Adv.) SAGACIOUS, wise. |
| sagaciousness | the state of being sagacious. |
| sagacity | wisdom. |
| sagehood | the state of being wise. |
| sagely | (Adv.) SAGE, wise. |
| sageness | wisdom. |
| sapience | discernment, judgement. |
| sapiency | discernment; judgement. |
| sapient | wise (noun) a wise person |
| sapiential | providing wisdom. |
| sapientially | (Adv.) SAPIENTIAL, providing wisdom. |
| sapiently | (Adv.) SAPIENT, wise. |
| savviness | the quality of being savvy. |
| scient | (Arch.) knowing; skillful. |
| shrewd | crafty. |
| shrewdie | (Aust. sl.) a shrewd person. |
| shrewdly | (Adv.) SHREWD, crafty. |
| shrewdness | the state of being shrewd. |
| shrowd | (Shakesp.) shrewd. |
| skilful | full of skill. |
| skilfull | full of skill. |
| skilfully | (Adv.) SKILFUL, full of skill. |
| smart | clever (noun) a stinging pain; (verb) to sting |
| smartly | (Adv.) SMART, clever. |
| streetwise | possessing the skills and attitudes necessary to survive in a difficult or dangerous situation or environment. |
| uptak | (Scots) uptake, as in gleg in the uptak. |
| volable | (Shakesp.) nimblewitted. |
| wice | (Scots) wise. |
| wisdom | the power of true and right discernment. |
| wise | intelligent (verb, Scots) to guide in a certain direction |
| wisely | (Adv.) WISE, intelligent. |
| wiseness | wisdom. |
| wittily | (Adv.) WITTY, possessed of wit. |
| witty | possessed of wit, clever. |