wise to

1. 1.

   evidencing the possession of inside information

   Synonymsknowingwise

   Similarinformed

Questions about wise to

What does wise to mean?

wise to means "evidencing the possession of inside information".

What is another word for wise to?

Close synonyms include knowing, wise. 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 to a common word?

wise to 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.