wise man

1. 1.

   a wise and trusted guide and advisor

   Synonymsmentor

   Broaderintellectual

   Narrowersage

Questions about wise man

What does wise man mean?

wise man means "a wise and trusted guide and advisor".

What is another word for wise man?

Close synonyms include mentor. 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 wise man a common word?

wise man is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.