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TOMFOOLISHNESS Antonyms

10 antonyms for tomfoolishness. (opposite meanings)

Best Opposite Words For TOMFOOLISHNESS

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acumen

noun

n

noun

• a tapering point

• shrewdness shown by keen insight

astuteness

noun

n

noun

• intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings)

• the intellectual ability to penetrate deeply into ideas

discernment

noun

n

noun

• the cognitive condition of someone who understands

• delicate discrimination (especially of esthetic values)

• perception of that which is obscure

• the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations

• the trait of judging wisely and objectively

intelligence

noun

n

noun

• the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience

• a unit responsible for gathering and interpreting information about an enemy

• secret information about an enemy (or potential enemy)

• information about recent and important events

• the operation of gathering information about an enemy

prudence

noun

n

noun

• discretion in practical affairs

• knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress

sagacity

noun

n

noun

• the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations

• the trait of forming opinions by distinguishing and evaluating

sensibility

noun

n

noun

• mental responsiveness and awareness

• refined sensitivity to pleasurable or painful impressions

• (physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli; the faculty of sensation

shrewdness

noun

n

noun

• intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings)

sobriety

noun

n

noun

• the state of being sober and not intoxicated by alcohol

• moderation in or abstinence from alcohol or other drugs

• a manner that is serious and solemn

• abstaining from excess

wisdom

noun

n

noun

• accumulated knowledge or erudition or enlightenment

• an Apocryphal book consisting mainly of a meditation on wisdom; although ascribed to Solomon it was probably written in the first century BC

• the trait of utilizing knowledge and experience with common sense and insight

• ability to apply knowledge or experience or understanding or common sense and insight

• the quality of being prudent and sensible

Alternatives for ACUMEN

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Alternatives for ASTUTENESS

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Alternatives for DISCERNMENT

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Alternatives for INTELLIGENCE

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Alternatives for PRUDENCE

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Alternatives for SAGACITY

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Alternatives for SENSIBILITY

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Alternatives for SHREWDNESS

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