judicious

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /dʒuˈdɪʃəs/ UK /dʒuːˈdɪʃəs/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
having or showing good judgment; prudent

A judicious mix of caution and daring carried the venture to success.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · having or showing good... prudent sensible wise discerning sagacious astute circumspect

Opposites

injudicious imprudent rash foolish

Word family

Forms judiciouslyjudiciousness

Derived forms judiciouslyjudiciousness

Related forms judicial judge judgment

Etymology

From French 'judicieux', from Latin 'iudicium' ('judgment'), from 'iudex' ('judge'), from 'ius' ('law') + 'dicere' ('to say').

judicieux Middle French iudicium Latin iudex Latin

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Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# judicious

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /dʒuˈdɪʃəs/
**IPA (UK):** /dʒuːˈdɪʃəs/

## Meanings
1. having or showing good judgment; prudent

## Examples
- A judicious mix of caution and daring carried the venture to success.

## Synonyms
- prudent
- sensible
- wise
- discerning
- sagacious
- astute
- circumspect

## Antonyms
- injudicious
- imprudent
- rash
- foolish

## Derived Forms
- judiciously
- judiciousness

## Related Forms
- judicial
- judge
- judgment

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: judicieux
- Root: iudicium
- Root: iudex

## Etymology
From French 'judicieux', from Latin 'iudicium' ('judgment'), from 'iudex' ('judge'), from 'ius' ('law') + 'dicere' ('to say').

## AI Etymology
Judicious comes from French 'judicieux', from Latin 'iudicium' ('judgment'), from 'iudex' ('judge'), from 'ius' ('law') + 'dicere' ('to say'). The etymological trail includes Middle French judicieux, Latin iudicium, Latin iudex. The same word family includes judiciously, judiciousness, judicial, judge, judgment. Its current adjective use means "having or showing good judgment; prudent".

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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