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profound, intelligent, discerning, reasonable, logical,
judicious, common-sense, commonsensical: The old woman gave her
some sage advice about men, which she promptly forgot.
--n. 2 wise man, savant, expert, elder, doyen or doyenne, guru,
Nestor, pundit, Solomon, philosopher, oracle, authority: The
sage whose counsel you seek lives deep in the forest.
sail v. 1 navigate, pilot, steer: Sail as close to the shore as
possible to avoid the whirlpool. 2 go sailing or boating or
yachting, cruise, set sail, put (out) to sea: Would you like to
sail to the Isle of Wight for the weekend? 3 drift, move
lightly, breeze, flow, waft, sweep, coast, float, scud, glide,
slide, slip, plane, skim, fly, flit: It was delightful to watch
the tiny boats sailing, tacking, beating, and running in the
brisk wind.
--n. 4 canvas: The schooner was carrying all the sail she
could.
sailor n. seaman, seafarer, seafaring man or woman, seagoing man or
woman, mariner, (old) salt, sea dog, bluejacket, shellback,
yachtsman, yachtswoman, boatman, boatwoman, deck-hand, captain,
skipper, Literary Jack Tar, Colloq tar, Naval US swab, swabbie,
gob: When she said she had married a sailor I didn't know she
meant that he had a 100-foot yacht.
saintly adj. holy, blessed, blest, beatific, godly, sainted, angelic,
seraphic, pure, righteous, virtuous, blameless: Donald was such
a saintly man, it was impossible to think ill of him.
sake n. 1 benefit, welfare, well-being, good, advantage, behalf,
profit, gain, account: Joe and I stayed together for the sake
of the children. She felt pleased, for his sake, that he had
managed to get away. 2 purpose(s), reason(s), objective(s):
Just for the sake of comparison, let us now look at the
situation in Taiwan.
salary n. income, pay, earnings, compensation, remuneration,
emolument; wage(s): I can't afford a new car on my present
salary.
sale n. 1 selling, traffic, vending, marketing, trafficking,