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judicious

Syllables: ju·di·cious/dʒuˈdɪʃ.əs/US/dʒuˈdɪʃ.əs/

judicious adjective: having, characterized by, or done with good judgment or sound thinking.

Adjective

judicious (comparative more judicious, superlative most judicious)

  1. Having, characterized by, or done with good judgment or sound thinking.
    • Such practices as Theſe, too groſs to lye / Long unobſerv'd by each diſcerning Eye, / The more judicious Iſraelites Unſpell'd, / Though ſtill the Charm the giddy Rabble held, […]1682, [Nahum Tate; John Dryden], The Second Part of Absalom and Achitophel. A Poem, London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 5
    • One hall called Civil Law Hall or School, flouriſhed about this time (though in its buildings decayed) by the care of the learned and judicious Dr. Will. Warham Principal or Moderator thereof [...]1792, Anthony à Wood, “An. Dom. 1503, 18–19 Hen. VII”, in The History and Antiquities of the University of Oxford: […], volume I, Oxford, Oxfordshire: John Gutch, →OCLC, page 661

judicious meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam

judicious in Tamil

அறிவார்ந்த, ஆய்வறிவுடைய, உண்மையான, திறமையான, முன்கவனமான, முறையான

judicious in Urdu

دانا, دوربین, مدبر, صاحب تمیز, سمجھ دار

judicious in Bengali

সুবিবেচনাপূর্ণ, বিচক্ষণ

judicious in Malayalam

കാര്യബോധമുള്ള, വിവേകമുള്ള, നയത്തോടെയുള്ള
More languagesFewer languages
judicious in Kannada
ವಿವೇಕವುಳ್ಳ, ವಿವೇಚನೆಯುಳ್ಳ, ಉಚಿತಾನುಚಿತ ವಿವೇಕದ, ಯುಕ್ತಾಯುಕ್ತ ಪರಿಜ್ಞಾನವುಳ್ಳ
judicious in Arabic
ذِهْنِيّ ḏihniyy

Examples of judicious in a sentence

  • The book might be improved by judicious emendations.
  • By judicious leaking, he also managed to make la Kirkpatrick and her associates look rather unsavory.
  • Besides, a little judicious eavesdropping might sift out a useful nugget or two.

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Synonyms of judicious

Antonyms

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Forms of judicious

comparativemore judicious
superlativemost judicious

Origin of judicious

From French judicieux, ultimately derived from Latin iudico. Related to judge, judicial.

Words formed from judicious

Words that rhyme with judicious

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Questions about judicious

What does judicious mean?
Judicious means having, characterized by, or done with good judgment or sound thinking.
What is judicious in Tamil?
Judicious in Tamil is அறிவார்ந்த, ஆய்வறிவுடைய, உண்மையான. See Judicious meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is judicious?
Judicious is an adjective.
How do you pronounce judicious?
Judicious is pronounced /dʒuˈdɪʃ.əs/ (UK).

Words near judicious in the dictionary

  1. judicialness
  2. judiciaries
  3. judiciarily
  4. judiciary
  5. judiciary astrology
  6. judicious
  7. judiciously
  8. judiciousness
  9. Judie
  10. Judies
  11. Judique

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: judicious (page history and authors); judicious (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); judicious (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); judicious (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); judicious (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); judicious (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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