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Definition: Sapient |
SapientAdjective1. Acutely insightful and wise; "much too perspicacious to be taken in by such a spurious argument"; "observant and thoughtful, he was given to asking sagacious questions"; "a source of valuable insights and sapient advice to educators". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "sapient" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
Etymology: Sapient \Sa"pi*ent\, adjective. [Latin expression sapiens, -entis, present participle of sapere to taste, to have sense, to know. See Sage,]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonyms: SapientSynonyms: perspicacious (adj), sagacious (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Intelligence Wisdom | Wise, sage, sapient, sagacious, reasonable, rational, sound, in one's right mind, sensible, abnormis sapiens, judicious, strong-minded. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Sapient |
| English words defined with "sapient": perspicacious ♦ sagacious, Sapientize ♦ Wise-hearted. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "sapient": sapid, sapience, Sapientize. (references) |
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| "Sapient" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Sapient" is used about 12 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 12 | 101,599 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name |
| USA | Sapient Corporation |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
sapient | 62 |
sapient corporation | 4 |
sapient corp | 3 |
capital sapient | 3 |
alumnus sapient | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "sapient"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | i urtë (acquiescent, canny, compliant, docile, ductile, meek, mild, placable, prudent, quiet, sage, sapiential, silent, Solomon, still, sweet-tempered, tame, wise). (various references) | |
Arabic | متعقل (prudent), حكيم (canny, clever, compos mentis, discreet, doctor, judicious, philosopher, physician, politic, provident, prudent, sage, well advised, wise, wise man). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | велемъдър, мъдър (profound, sage, sapiential, wise). (various references) | |
Czech | moudrý (judicious, prudent, sage, sapiential, sound, wise). (various references) | |
French | sage (sagacious, sage). (various references) | |
German | weise (air, fashion, magi, manner, means, melody, mode, oracular, refer, sagacious, sagaciously, sage, sagely, sages, tune, way, wise, wise man, wisely). (various references) | |
Greek | σοφόσ (overwise, sage, savant, wise), λόγιοσ (bookish, lettered, literary, savant, scholar). (various references) | |
Hebrew | חכם (clever, intelligent, sage, wise), בון (clever, discerning, discreet, intelligent, judicial, judicious, sagacious, sage, sensible, well advised, wise). (various references) | |
Hungarian | tudálékos (bookish, pedantic, scholastic, wiseacre), bölcs (advised, guru, philosopher, prudent, sage, sapiential, sententious, wise). (various references) | |
Italian | saggio (assay, bright, clever, cleverly, graybeard, greybeard, paper, politic, sagacious, sage, sample, specimen, taste, test, test sample, well advised, wise, wise man). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | apientsay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | sapiente, sagaz (acute, adroit, astute, canny, clearheaded, deep, diplomatic, discernment, judicious, keen, long sighted, political, prudent, sagacious, shrewd, sophisticated, wise), sábio (learned, polymer, sagacious, sage, savant, scholar, scholarly, sensible, wise), que arma sapiência. (various references) | |
Romanian | cuminte (clever, dutiful, foreseeing, good, level, quiet, quietly, reasonable, sensible, serious, unassuming, well advised, wise, wisely), înţelept (advisedly, nestor, philosopher, philosophic, philosophical, politic, profound, prudent, ripe, sagacious, sage, thinking, well advised, wise, wisely). (various references) | |
Russian | мудрец (mage, sage, wiseacre). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | pametan (brainy, clever, intelligent, prudent, sensible, smart), mudar (astute, canny, discerning, oracular, politic, sagacious, sage, well advised, wise). (various references) | |
Spanish | sapiente. (various references) | |
Swedish | vis (fashion, manner, sage, way, wise). (various references) | |
Thai | ปรา"เปรื่อง. (various references) | |
Turkish | sözde akıllı, zeki (apt, as fresh as paint, astute, brainy, bright, brilliant, clear, clever, cute, discerning, ingenious, intellectual, intelligent, keen, keen-witted, longheaded, luminous, neat, nifty, nimble-witted, penetrating, penetrative, perceptional, perspicacious, quick of comprehension, quick on the trigger, quick-witted, sharp, sharp-witted, shrewd, smart, sparkling, spiritual, subtile, subtle, understanding), ukalâ (bumptious, cavalier, clever dick, highbrow, know-it-all, pedant, pedantic, prig, priggish, smart, smart aleck, smarty, snappish, wise, wise guy), bilmiş (know-it-all, smart aleck, smarty, wise guy, wiseacre, worldly wise), akıllı (all there, astute, brainy, clever, cute, intelligent, knowing, knowledgeable, longheaded, reasonable, sagacious, sage, sensible, smart, sparkling, spiritual, understanding, well advised, wise). (various references) | |
Ukranian | розумний (advisable, brainy, clever, intelligent, rational, reasonable, right-minded, sensible, sharp-sighted, sharp-witted, snappy, strong-minded, tenable, understanding, well advised, wise, witty), премудрий. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "sapient": sapiently. (additional references) | |
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"Sapient" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: capiendo, pasient, Sabinet, sapaient, sapein, Saphena, sapien, sapientes, Sapientia, sapientiae, sapiential, sapientr, sapientum, Sapinta, satient, sipient, spaint. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "sapient" (pronounced 'Sa"pi*ent'): Abandonment, Abasement, Abashment, Abatement, Abetment, Abhorrent, Abiliment, Abjurement, Abluent, Abodement, Abolishment, Aborsement, Abortifacient, Abortment, Abridgment, Absentment, Abutment, Acaulescent, Accident, Accipient, Acclimatement, Accompaniment, Accomplishment, Accordment, Accouchement, Accouplement, Accrescent, Accroachment, Accrument, Accusement, Acharnement, Acidulent, Acknowledgment, Acquiescent, Acquirement, Acquitment, Additament, Adducent, Adipescent, Adjournment, Adjudgment, Adjument, Adjustment, Admonishment, Adnascent, Adorement, Adornment, Adstringent, Advancement, Advenient, Advent, Advertent, Advertisement, Advisement, Affamishment, Affeerment, Afferent, Afforcement, Afforciament, Affordment, Affranchisement, Affrayment, Affreightment, Affrightment, Aggrandizement, Aggroupment, Agistment, Agreement, Agroupment, Ailment, Albescent, Alignment, Alinement, Alkalescent, Allayment, Allegement, Allicient, Allignment, Allotment, Allurement, Altiloquent, Amassment, Amazement, Ambushment, Amendment, Ament, Amercement, Amerciament, Amortizement, Amusement, Annectent, Annexment, Announcement, Annuent, Annulment, Anointment, Antepredicament, Apartment, Aperient, Appallment, Appeachment, Appeasement, Appertainment, Appetent, Appliment, Applotment, Appointment, Apportionment, Appraisement, Apprizement, Approachment, Appropriament, Arbitrament, Arborescent, Ardent, Armament, Armipotent, Arraignment, Arrestment, Arrondissement, Ascent, Ascertainment, Aspirement, Assailment, Assentient, Assentment, Assessment, Assident, assignment, Assithment, Assortment, Assuagement, Assument, Assurgent, Assythment, Astonishment, Astoundment, Attachment, Attainment, Attaintment, Attemperament, Attemperment, Attendement, Attendment, Attirement, Attollent, Attornment, auripigment, Availment, Avengement, Averment, Avertiment, Avisement, Avouchment, Awakenment, Babblement, Bafflement, Bailment, Balancement, Banishment, Baptizement, Basement, Batement, Battlement, Bedevilment, Bedizenment, Befriendment, Beguilement, Bellipotent, Beneficent, Beneficient, Benevolent, Benightment, Benumbment, Bequeathment, Bereavement, Beseechment, Besetment, Besiegement, Besprent, Bestowment, Betrayment, Betrothment, Betrustment, Betterment, Bevelment, Bewailment, Bewilderment, Bewitchment, Bewrayment, Bickerment, Bident, Biliment, Bipartient, Bisegment, Bitangent, Bivalent, Blandishment, Blastment, Blazonment, Blemishment, Bodement, Bombardment, Bouleversement, Bowbent, Brabblement, Branglement, Bushment, Butment, Cadent, Cajolement, Calorifacient, Calorificient, Candent, Candescent, Canescent, Cantonment, Capillament, Casement, Catchment, Caulescent, Cent, Cerement, Cerulescent, Cessment, Chastisement, Chatoyment, Cherishment, Cinerescent, Cinerulent, Circumambient, Circumfulgent, Circumjacent, Circumvent, Claudent, Clement, Client, Cloyment, Coadjument, Coadjustment, Coagent, Coagment, Coalescent, Coestablishment, Coexistent, Cogent, Coherent, Colliquament, Comfortment, Commandment, Commencement, Commitment, Commorient, Compartment, Compatient, Competent, Compilement, Complacent, Completement, Complotment, Comportment, Concealment, Concent, Concludent, Concrement, Concupiscent, Condescent, Condiment, Condolement, Conducent, Confident, Confinement, Confitent, Confutement, Congealment, Congruent, Conjurement, Connascent, Connivent, Conscient, Consentient, Consignment, Consistent, Constringent, Contabescent, Containment, Contendent, Contenement, Contentment, Conticent, Contrahent, Contrivement, Controlment, Convellent, Convenient, Convergent, Convincement, Copartment, Co-regent, Co-respondent, Corpulent, Corrigent, Corrugent, Corsepresent, Cosentient, Cotangent, Counterrolment, Counter-salient, Couplement, Covent, Crassiment, Credent, Cumbent, Cunctipotent, Curtailment, Dazzlement, Debarment, Debasement, Debatement, Debauchment, Deboshment, Decampment, Decent, Decidement, Decipherment, Declarement, Decorament, Decorement, Decrement, Decumbent, Decurrent, Dedolent, Deducement, Defacement, Deferment, Deficient, Definement, Deforcement, Defraudment, Defrayment, Degarnishment, Degradement, Dehiscent, Delayment, Delineament, Deliquescent, Delirament, Delirifacient, Delitescent, Demolishment, Denotement, D'enouement, Denouncement, Deobstruent, Department, Depascent, Deplorement, Deportment, Depravement, Depriment, Deprivement, Derailment, Derangement, Derivement, Descendent, Descent, Desightment, Designment, Desinent, Desipient, Despisement, Despoilment, Despondent, Destituent, Detachment, Detainment, Detent, Detergent, Determent, Dethronement, development, Devilment, Devolvement, Devotement, Diducement, Different, Diffident, Diffluent, Digerent, Diligent, Diminishment, Diminuent, Dimplement, Diriment, Disablement, Disagreement, Disannulment, Disappendent, Disappointment, Disarmament. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: panties, patines, spinate. | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-i-n-p-s-t" | |
-1 letter: instep, paints, pantie, pastie, patens, patine, patins, petsai, pietas, pineta, pintas, ptisan, spinet, tenias, tineas, tisane. | |
-2 letters: anise, antes, antis, aspen, entia, etnas, inapt, inept, inset, napes, nates, neaps, neats, neist, nipas, nites, pains, paint, paise, panes, pants, paste, paten, pates, patin, peans, peats, peins, penis, pians, pieta, pinas, pines, pinta, pints, piste, pitas, saint, satin, senti, sepia, septa, sneap, snipe, spait, spate, spean, spent, spine, spite, stain, stane, stein, stipe, tains, tapes, tapis, tenia, tepas, tinea, tines. | |
-3 letters: ains, aits, anes, anis, ante, anti, ants, apes, apse, ates, east, eats, etas, etna, nape, naps, neap, neat, nest, nets, nipa, nips, nite, nits, pain, pane, pans, pant, pase, past, pate, pats, pean, peas, peat, pein, pens, pent, pest, pets, pian, pias, pies, pina, pine, pins, pint, pita, pits, sain, sane, sate, sati, seat, sent, sept, seta, sine, sipe, site, snap, snip, snit, spae, span, spat, spin, spit, step, tain, tans, tape, taps, teas, tens, tepa, ties, tine, tins, tips. | |
-4 letters: ain, ais, ait, ane, ani, ant, ape, apt, asp, ate, eat, ens, eta, ins, its, nae, nap, net, nip, nit, pan, pas, pat, pea, pen, pes, pet, pia, pie, pin, pis, pit, psi, sae, sap, sat, sea, sei, sen, set, sin, sip, sit, spa, tae, tan, tap, tas, tea, ten, tie, tin, tip, tis. | |
-5 letters: ae, ai, an, as, at, en, es, et, in, is, it, na, ne, pa, pe, pi, si, ta, ti. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-i-n-p-s-t" | |
+1 letter: bepaints, depaints, epinasty, nappiest, painters, panelist, pantiles, pantries, patients, pertains, petunias, pinaster, plainest, pristane, repaints, saponite, steapsin, supinate, thespian. | |
+2 letters: anapestic, antipodes, antipoles, antipopes, antipress, antisleep, antitypes, aperients, aphanites, atropines, cathepsin, dipterans, egyptians, impatiens, inaptness, interlaps, paginates, paintiest, palatines, panelists, pantheism, pantheist, pastiness, patencies, patiences, patinates, patinizes, patronise, penalties, perianths, pieplants, pinasters, pintadoes, pistareen, pittances, pretrains, pristanes, ptomaines, repasting, sapiently, saponites, snappiest, sparteine, spearmint, standpipe, steapsins, supinated, supinates, tapelines, terrapins, thaneship, thespians, tinplates, transpire, trapesing, traplines, triplanes, triptanes, tympanies. | |
+3 letters: analeptics, anapestics, antiherpes, antisepses, antisepsis, antiseptic, appertains, appetising, appointees, asperating, carpetings, cathepsins, constipate, discrepant, dispersant, displanted, enthalpies, epilations, epinasties, expiations, implanters, inapposite, inculpates, inpatients, inspissate, interphase, interplays, interspace, mispainted, misplanted, neoplastic, operations, paltriness, panegyrist, panickiest, pantheisms, pantheists, pantomimes, pantsuited, parentings, passionate, patchiness, patientest, patronised, patronises, patronizes, paunchiest, pedantries, pedestrian, penalities, penultimas, phantasied, phantasies, phenacites, phenakites, pistareens, plaintexts, planetoids, plastering, plasticene, plasticine, platinizes, pleonastic, pliantness, poinsettia, pollinates, potentials, precasting, predations, prepasting, pretasting, pretorians, printheads, protamines, proteinase, psittacine, reappoints, reimplants, reptilians, restamping, resupinate, separating, separation, septenarii, septennial, spangliest, sparteines, spattering, spearmints, speciating, speciation, spectating, stampeding, standpipes, supergiant, tailplanes, thaneships, transpired, transpires, tympanites, unhappiest, waitperson. | |
+4 letters: anticipates, antileprosy, antileptons, antipathies, antiphonies, antiphrases, antiplagues, antipodeans, antipyreses, antipyresis, antipyrines, antiseptics, antistrophe, appetencies, apprentices, captaincies, captionless, carpentries, ceratopsian, constipated, constipates, depilations, deputations, despatching, desperation, dispersants, emancipates, empathising, euphoriants, expansivity, expirations, fortepianos, greasepaint, hemipterans, hierophants, hypertonias, impairments, impalements, impartments, impatiences, impatienses, impersonate, importances, impregnants, impregnates, inaptitudes, inaptnesses, inspissated, inspissates, intercampus, interparish, interphases, interplants, interpleads, interspaced, interspaces, kinetoplast, lightplanes, lithophanes, manipulates, misanthrope, outpatients, outspeaking, pacesetting, pageantries, painfullest, palatinates, palletising, pancreatins, panegyrists, pantheistic, parenthesis, parliaments, partnership, parturients, pastinesses, paternalism, paternalist, paternities, pathfinders, patrimonies, patternings, peasantries, peculations, pedestaling, pedestrians, pentaploids, pentarchies, permeations, perorations, personalist, personality, personating, personation, personative, petulancies, phenacetins, pianofortes, pinfeathers, piquantness, plaistering, planarities, planimeters, plasterings, plasticenes, plasticines, pleinairist, poinsettias, postweaning, potentiates, potentillas, praetorians, pratincoles, precautions, predynastic, prestamping, presynaptic, printmakers, privateness, profanities, propionates, proteinases, psittacines, pugnacities, reparations, reputations, respiration, sempiternal, senatorship, separations, septenarius, shinplaster, spaghettini, speciations, speculating, speculation, spessartine, splattering, spontaneity, springwater, stephanotis, stipendiary, supergiants, supernation, syncopative, tapestrying, taphonomies, temptations, theophanies, thiopentals, traineeship, trampolines, transalpine, transhipped, transpierce, trapnesting, trespassing, tryptamines, typecasting, typicalness, unaspirated, waitpersons, xiphisterna. | |
+5 letters: acceptations, accipitrines, adaptiveness, aminopterins, amphetamines, amylopectins, anisotropies, antependiums, antiepilepsy, antinepotism, antipiracies, antipleasure, antipyretics, antispending, antistrophes, appellations, appendicitis, appointments, appositeness, appraisement, arsenopyrite, attorneyship, bankruptcies, bespattering, capacitances, captiousness, cephalothins, ceratopsians, chiropterans, compensating, compensation, compensative, cooperations, crepitations, cupellations, deportations, depositional, depravations, deprecations, depredations, deprivations, desperations, despoliation, disappointed, discrepantly, dispensation, dispensatory, displacement, earsplitting, emancipators, encephalitis, endoparasite, epoxidations, evaporations, exasperating, exasperation, exculpations, expansionist, expatiations, expectancies, expectations, explanations, explications, explorations, exponentials, exportations, expositional, expurgations, extirpations, greasepaints, housepainter, hyphenations, impeachments, impersonated, impersonates, impersonator, impetrations, importancies, imprecations, impregnators, inappetences, inappositely, incapacities, incorporates, indisputable, inhospitable, inspectorate, interpolates, interspacing, intraspecies, kinetoplasts, kleptomanias, mantelpieces, meanspirited, meatpackings, misanthropes, miscaptioned, misplacement, naprapathies, narcoleptics, neuropathies, nuptialities, operationism, operationist, outspreading, paintbrushes, palatialness, paltrinesses, pancreatitis, pansexuality, parenthesize, partitioners, partnerships, passionately, pasteurising, pasteurizing, patchinesses, paternalisms, paternalists, pathogenesis, pectinaceous, pectinations, pedestalling, penetrations, pentamidines, pentazocines, pentlandites, percolations, peregrinates, perennations, perforations, permutations, personalists, personalties, personations, perspiration, pertinacious, pestilential, phoneticians, phytoalexins, pitiableness, plainclothes, planetariums, planetesimal, plantigrades, platemakings, platyrrhines, pleasantries, pleinairists, pliantnesses, poeticalness, pontificates, postaccident, postdeadline, postulancies, potentiators, precipitants, predesignate, predestinate, predicaments, predications, predominates, prehistorian, prelibations, prenominates, preparations, presbyterian, presentation, presentative, preservation, presidential, probationers, procreations, proletarians, proteinurias, protestation, reapportions, reassumption, relationship, reoperations, repartitions, replastering, replications, repristinate, reprobations, repudiations, respirations, scapegoating, senatorships, septennially, shinplasters, spaghettinis, speciational, speculations, speedboating, spessartines, springwaters, stenographic, stupefaction, supercabinet, superheating, supernations, superstation, traineeships, trampoliners, transpierced, transpierces, transpontine, transshipped, trepanations, trepidations, undisputable, vespertilian, watermanship. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 61 70 69 65 6E 74 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... .- .--. .. . -. - |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01100001 01110000 01101001 01100101 01101110 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S a p i e n t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0061 0070 0069 0065 006E 0074 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)53678275718086 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Names: Company Usage 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Derivations 10. Rhymes 11. Anagrams 12. Orthography | 13. Bibliography |
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