sage

1. 1.

   having wisdom that comes with age and experience

   Similarwise
2. 2.

   of the grey-green color of sage leaves

   Synonymssage-green

   Similarchromatic

Other forms of sage

plural

sages·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about sage

What does sage mean?

sage means "a mentor in spiritual and philosophical topics who is renowned for profound wisdom". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in sage?

sage has 1 syllable: sage. In IPA it is /ˈseɪdʒ/.

What is another word for sage?

Close synonyms include salvia, sage-green. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sage a common word?

sage is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with sage?

1 word rhymes with sage. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.