WISER
What does "WISER" mean?
The comparative form of 'wise', meaning having more wisdom, judgment, or experience than before or than another.
Meanings
- Showing greater good judgment, knowledge, or experience. She came out of the ordeal sadder but wiser.
- In the phrase 'none the wiser', no better informed than before. We slipped out early and the host was none the wiser. informal
Did you know?
- 'Wise' and 'video' are cousins: both trace to an ancient root meaning 'to see', so the wise were literally those who had seen the most.
Word origin
The comparative of 'wise', from Old English 'wis' meaning 'learned, sagacious', from Proto-Germanic 'wissaz', ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root 'weid-' meaning 'to see, to know' - the same root as 'wit', 'vision', and 'video'.
Remember it
WISE + R: add an R and you've reached out for a little more experience - wiser.
A little poem
The burned hand teaches what the book delayed-
wiser by one scar, the lesson stayed.
couplet
Wordplay
- I'm not older, I'm just wiser - which is the polite way of admitting I've made every mistake at least once.
What it teaches
You don't grow wiser by adding answers, but by collecting the questions that once burned you.
Quick facts
What does WISER mean?
The comparative form of 'wise', meaning having more wisdom, judgment, or experience than before or than another.
Is WISER a valid word?
Yes — WISER is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is WISER?
WISER has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does WISER come from?
The comparative of 'wise', from Old English 'wis' meaning 'learned, sagacious', from Proto-Germanic 'wissaz', ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root 'weid-' meaning 'to see, to know' - the same root as 'wit', 'vision', and 'video'.
What can WISER teach us?
You don't grow wiser by adding answers, but by collecting the questions that once burned you.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.