sage - Dictionary Definition : Vocabulary.com

Use the word sage for someone or something wise and judicious. Thanks to the sage advice of your friend, you didn't write your teacher an angry e-mail!

Although you might think of a wizard when you hear the word sage, really it means a wise man. Today you see it used to refer to someone who has insight in a particular field. If someone is a policy sage, he knows just what advice to give politicians to make them understand the issue and respond successfully to it. In a totally unrelated use, there is also a plant called sage that is useful in home remedies and cooking.

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: sage

1	n adj	a mentor in spiritual and philosophical topics who is renowned for profound wisdom having wisdom that comes with age and experience
2	n adj	any of various plants of the genus Salvia; a cosmopolitan herb of the grey-green color of sage leaves

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: sage

1

n a mentor in spiritual and philosophical topics who is renowned for profound wisdom

Examples:: Balthasar
(New Testament) one of the three sages from the east who came bearing gifts for the infant Jesus; Caspar
(New Testament) one of the three sages from the east who came bearing gifts for the infant Jesus; Melchior
(New Testament) one of the three sages from the east who came bearing gifts for the infant Jesus; usually represented as a king of Nubia

Types:: Hakham
a Hebrew title of respect for a wise and highly educated man; mahatma
(Hinduism) term of respect for a brahmin sage

Type of:: mentor, wise man
a wise and trusted guide and advisor

adj having wisdom that comes with age and experience

Synonyms: wise
having or prompted by wisdom or discernment

2

n any of various plants of the genus Salvia; a cosmopolitan herb

Synonyms:: salvia

Types:: show 12 types...; hide 12 types...; Salvia azurea, blue sage
blue-flowered sage of dry prairies of the eastern United States; Salvia clarea, clary sage
stout Mediterranean sage with white or pink or violet flowers; yields oil used as a flavoring and in perfumery; Salvia farinacea, blue sage, mealy sage
Texas sage having intensely blue flowers; Salvia lancifolia, Salvia reflexa, blue sage
sage of western North America to Central America having violet-blue flowers; widespread in cultivation; Salvia leucophylla, chaparral sage, purple sage
silvery-leaved California herb with purple flowers; Salvia lyrata, cancer weed, cancerweed
sage of eastern United States; Salvia officinalis, common sage, ramona
shrubby plant with aromatic greyish-green leaves used as a cooking herb; Salvia pratensis, meadow clary
tall perennial Old World salvia with violet-blue flowers; found in open grasslands; Salvia sclarea, clary
aromatic herb of southern Europe; cultivated in Great Britain as a potherb and widely as an ornamental; Salvia spathacea, pitcher sage
California erect and sparsely branched perennial; Mexican mint, Salvia divinorum
an herb from Oaxaca that has a powerful hallucinogenic effect; the active ingredient is salvinorin; Salvia verbenaca, vervain sage, wild clary, wild sage
Eurasian sage with blue flowers and foliage like verbena; naturalized in United States

Type of:: herb, herbaceous plant
a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests

n aromatic fresh or dried grey-green leaves used widely as seasoning for meats and fowl and game etc

Types:: clary sage
fresh leaves used in omelets and fritters and with lamb

Type of:: herb
aromatic potherb used in cookery for its savory qualities

adj of the grey-green color of sage leaves

Synonyms:: sage-green

: chromatic
being or having or characterized by hue