Home › Words › W › wiseheadwiseheadwisehead means A person who is wise or who considers himself or herself to be wise.EtymologyFrom wise + head.nounA person who is wise or who considers himself or herself to be wise.e.g.“Why! Do you think I want that picture taken down: and another Mrs. Milliken? Wisehead!” — c. 1850, William Makepeace Thackeray, The Wolves and the Lamb, act 2:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.wiseling 67% match — One who pretends to be wise; a wiseacre. vs wisehead →wisenheimer 64% match — A self-assertive and arrogant person; a wiseacre or smart aleck. vs wisehead →wiselike 63% match — Resembling that which is wise or sensible; judicious; sensible. vs wisehead →bighead 61% match — A person with an inflated opinion of themselves; a conceited or arrogant person. vs wisehead →wiseacreish 61% match — Resembling or characteristic of a wiseacre. vs wisehead →wisdomful 61% match — Full of wisdom. vs wisehead →wiseacre 60% match — One who feigns knowledge or cleverness; one who is wisecracking; an insolent upstart. vs wisehead →idlehead 60% match — One who is vain and foolish. vs wisehead →