What do you imagine when you hear the word "sage"? A bearded old man? Maybe a shaggy curly professor or a thin shriveled man, littered with books. In this article we will dwell on the meaning of the noun "sage", we will select synonyms and antonyms for it.
Meaning of the word
So what is the word "sage"?
The first thing that comes to mind is a wise person.
Now let's turn to the explanatory dictionaries:
- A very smart person with a huge life experience (Unfortunately, there are no wise men among us).
- The thinker, the bearer of special knowledge (the Padishah called for the sages).
- One who is wise (Sage found).
Morphological features, declination
A sage is an animated masculine noun of the second declension.
| Case | Question | Singular | Plural |
| Nominative | Who! | The sage with a soft smile looked at those who accused him of all mortal sins | The sages quarreled all night |
| Genitive | Whom? | For every sage, quite simplicity | There are no wise men here |
| Dative | To whom? | The sage did not have the strength to rise from the earth | I miss the sages when there are only fools around |
| Accusative | Whom? | I have never seen a real sage with a white beard like yours | I like to listen to the sages, very instructive |
| Instrumental case | By whom? | Pavel Nikolaevich enjoyed a conversation with the sage | Clouds of monarchic discontent gathered over the sages |
| Prepositional | About whom? | I haven’t heard about the wise man Svetozar | Mom read to me legends about sages and kings, about dragons and dinosaurs. |
Synonyms for the word sage
In Russian, almost every word can be matched with one or more synonyms:
- thinker;
- smart ass;
- a clever guy;
- philosopher;
- scientist;
- genius;
- head;
- smart girl;
- intellectual.
Antonyms for the word "sage"
Antonyms are words with the opposite meaning:
- fool;
- ignoramus;
- ignoramus;
- ignoramus;
- undergrowth.
Now it’s clear what this word means.