wising (up)

verb

present participle of wise (up)
1
as in informing
to give information to wised him up to some of the more effective tricks of salesmanship

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2
as in realizing
to come to an awareness of she eventually wised up to the fact that he was taking advantage of her

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wising (up)
  1. informing
  2. realizing
  3. telling
  4. discovering
  5. advising
  6. learning
  7. filling in
  8. seeing
Verb
  • Coach Todd Monken made the announcement Monday after informing Watson and Sanders.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 Aug. 2026
  • In December 2024, the FBI issued a notice to sports leagues informing teams and players of recent burglaries targeting professional athletes, CBS Sports reported.
    — S.E. Jenkins, CBS News, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of informing
Verb
  • Potential obstacles to realizing this future AI growth — whether that's tight memory supply and high prices, or political backlash to data centers — may come up on the call.
    — Kevin Stankiewicz,Zev Fima, CNBC, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Organizations are realizing that in the age of AI, their data has near-endless potential, and IT leaders are seeking ways to establish stricter governance over how it is shared and used across their infrastructure.
    — Pavel Bykov, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of realizing
Verb
  • Those are police officers and people up high at CPD, literally calling me, meeting with us, telling us that morale’s at an all-time low.
    — Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Dawadi ordered those already there to leave and called bus drivers, telling them to only stop at safer places.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of telling
Verb
  • During the third, Veilleux called 911 shortly after discovering the damage.
    — Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 27 Aug. 2026
  • After discovering a book of paintings by Georgia O'Keeffe in a secondhand bookstore, Kusama wrote to the famous artist, asking for advice.
    — Elizabeth Blair, NPR, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of discovering
Verb
  • Lacking credibility While the grand jury found Hay’s testimony transparent and credible, the testimony of Jeff Aaron, the lawyer advising the Hope Florida Foundation’s board, was not, according to the report.
    — Sofia Saric, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Pitchers are disguising their four-seamers up with more cutters in than ever before, so just advising him to be more aggressive in the zone is not good enough.
    — Eno Sarris, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of advising
Verb
  • The list of 500 schools was compiled by the magazine and data research firm Statista, Schools were given a score based on their student outcomes, learning environment and their attractiveness to students.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 27 Aug. 2026
  • How marketing teams are evaluating a provider Teams choosing a partner for this work are learning to ask pointed questions instead of accepting a buzzword.
    — Jason Phillips, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of learning
Verb
  • Jelly Roll shared his thoughts on Dolly Parton while filling in as guest host on Jimmy Kimmel Live!
    — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Is Barron capable of filling in if Patrick Surtain II or Moss miss time, which has happened each of the last two seasons?
    — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of filling in
Verb
  • Lisa is seeing what this experience could be for her, which only emphasized just how bad her current situation on RHOSLC is.
    — Tom Smyth, Vulture, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Domagal-Goldman compared Roman’s capabilities to capturing an all-encompassing view of a forest as well as seeing sharp details of its trees, like leaves and birds, all at the same time.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of seeing
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“Wising (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wising%20%28up%29. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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