Collocations for wisdom - noun

deep, great, profound | accepted, conventional, established, folk, popular, prevailing, received, traditional
Conventional wisdom has it that riots only ever happen in cities.

street, worldly
He is too lacking in worldly wisdom to be a politician.

accumulated, collective
the accumulated wisdom of generations

ancient
A bridge between ancient wisdom and modern insight is now being built.

innate, inner, instinctive, intuitive | political | divine

doubt, have doubts about, question
Many commentators doubted the political wisdom of introducing a new tax.

seek
Those who seek wisdom at the shrine will find it.

impart
Do you have any wisdom to impart on this subject?

prove
The latest unemployment figures prove the wisdom of the government''s policy.

a fount/source of wisdom
Consultants are too often seen as the source of all wisdom.

in sb''s (infinite) wisdom
(ironic) In their infinite wisdom, the council closed the swimming pool for the school holidays.

pearls of wisdom
students eager to catch pearls of wisdom from the professor''s lips

the pursuit of wisdom
She devoted her life to the pursuit of wisdom.

wit and wisdom
He entertained the audience for two hours with his wit and wisdom.

with the wisdom of hindsight
It''s easy enough to see what we should have done, with the wisdom of hindsight.

words of wisdom
The former world champion imparted a few words of wisdom to the young runners.