Smart-alecky (4 letters)

{ Answer }

WISE

{ Related Clues }

Judicious
In the know
Knowing
Learned
Oracular
Sagacious
Sage
Sapient
Sassy
Sensible
Smart
Solomonic
Solomonlike
Chip maker
Kind of guy
Like Gaspar
Like Solomon
Overworked suffix
Pitcher Rick
___ up (catch on)
Kind of acre or crack
"West Side Story" director

{ Tags }

acre, alecky, cheeky, chip, crack, impudent, kind, knowing, like, magi, maker, oracle, rabbi, sagacious, sage, sapient, sassy, smart, solomon, solomonic, wise

{ Notes }

The answer WISE is seen frequently, appearing about once every 180 puzzles.

{ Definition }

WISE as a noun:

1. a way of doing or being; "in no wise"; "in this wise"

2. (Wise, Stephen Samuel Wise) = United States Jewish leader (born in Hungary) (1874-1949)

3. (Wise, Isaac Mayer Wise) = United States religious leader (born in Bohemia) who united reform Jewish organizations in the United States (1819-1900)

WISE as an adjective:

1. having or prompted by wisdom or discernment; "a wise leader"; "a wise and perceptive comment"

2. (judicious, wise, heady) = marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense in practical matters; "judicious use of one's money"; "a wise decision"

3. (knowing, wise, wise to) = evidencing the possession of inside information

4. (fresh, impertinent, impudent, overbold, smart, saucy, sassy, wise) = improperly forward or bold; "don't be fresh with me"; "impertinent of a child to lecture a grownup"; "an impudent boy given to insulting strangers"; "Don't get wise with me!"