get wise

Questions about get wise

What is another word for get wise?

It depends which get wise you mean. In the sense “understand, usually after some initial difficulty”, the synonyms are catch on, get onto, tumble, latch on, cotton on, twig, get it. Across all 1 sense there are 7 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of get wise?

WordNet records no antonym for get wise. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for get wise come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

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• Full entry for get wiseAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for get wiseWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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