wize
wize is the obsolete form of wise.
Meaning of wise
Adjective
wise (comparative wiser or more wise, superlative wisest or most wise)
- Showing good judgement or the benefit of experience.
- Storing extra food for the winter was a wise decision.
- Synonyms:
- hot
- Antonyms:
- improvident
- Disrespectful.
- Don't get wise with me!
- Aware, informed (to something).
- Be careful: the boss is wise to your plan to call out sick.
Forms of wize
| comparative | more wize |
|---|---|
| superlative | most wize |
Words that rhyme with wize
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- arise
- capsize
- comprise
- guise
- revise
- abscise
- agrise
- apprise
- chastise
- despise
- flys
- guys
- lyse
- palatalize
- pies
- prise
- skies
- snies
- sties
- supplies
- surmise
- ties
- tries
- velarize
- aguise
- applies
- authorize
- ayes
- belies
- brise
- buys
- byes
- complies
- cries
- dies
- dries
- dyes
- excise
- eyes
- flies
- flyes
- four eyes
- frankenpies
- fries
- Frise
- hies
- highs
- home fries
Questions about wize
- What is wize the obsolete form of?
- Wize is the obsolete form of wise.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: wize (page history and authors); wise (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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