wisdom meaning and definition

WISDOM noun

Definition of wisdom (noun)

1. accumulated knowledge or erudition or enlightenment
2. the trait of utilizing knowledge and experience with common sense and insight
   • synonyms: wiseness
   • antonym: folly
3. ability to apply knowledge or experience or understanding or common sense and insight
   • synonyms: sapience
4. the quality of being prudent and sensible
   • synonyms: soundness, wiseness
   • antonym: unsoundness
5. an Apocryphal book consisting mainly of a meditation on wisdom; although ascribed to Solomon it was probably written in the first century BC
   • synonyms: Wisdom of Solomon