About

Hello world! I’m Ryan Cavalcante.

I’ll be writing here as the Wisdom Bum.

I hope you enjoy following along,
as I wander the world of ideas,
trying to make sense of the mystery.

1. the quality of having experience, knowledge, and good judgment; the quality of being wise.
   synonyms:
   sagacity · sageness · intelligence · understanding · insight · perception · perceptiveness · percipience · penetration · perspicuity · acuity · discernment · sense · good sense · common sense · shrewdness · astuteness · acumen · smartness · judiciousness · judgment · foresight · clear-sightedness · prudence · circumspection · logic · rationale · rationality · soundness · saneness · advisability · sharpness · savvy · smarts · sapience · arguteness
   antonyms:
   stupidity · folly
2. the soundness of an action or decision with regard to the application of experience, knowledge, and good judgment.
   “some questioned the wisdom of building the dam so close to an active volcano”
   synonyms:
   sagacity · sageness · intelligence · understanding · insight · perception · perceptiveness · percipience · penetration · perspicuity · acuity · discernment · sense · good sense · common sense · shrewdness · astuteness · acumen · smartness · judiciousness · judgment · foresight · clear-sightedness · prudence · circumspection · logic · rationale · rationality · soundness · saneness · advisability · sharpness · savvy · smarts · sapience · arguteness
   antonyms:
   stupidity · folly
3. the body of knowledge and principles that develops within a specified society or period.
   “the traditional farming wisdom of India”
   synonyms:
   knowledge · learning · erudition · scholarship · philosophy · lore

1. a vagrant.
   synonyms:
   tramp · vagrant · vagabond · homeless person · derelict · down-and-out · itinerant · traveler · drifter · wanderer · person of no fixed address · beachcomber · ne’er do well · good for nothing · outcast · pariah · beggar · mendicant · hobo · bagman · sundowner · swagman · streety · crusty · bag lady · dosser · derro

2. a person who devotes a great deal of time to a specified activity.
   “a ski bum” · “a poker bum”

1. travel, with no particular purpose or destination.
   “he bummed around Florida for a few months”
   synonyms:
   loaf · lounge · idle · laze · languish · moon · stooge · droop · dally · dawdle · amble · potter · wander · drift · meander · mooch · lollygag · bat

2. get by asking or begging.
   “they tried to bum money off us”
   synonyms:
   scrounge · beg · borrow · cadge · sponge · touch someone for · scab · sorn on someone for · mooch · bludge

1. of poor quality; bad or wrong.
   “not one bum note was played”
   synonyms:
   bad · poor · inferior · second-rate · second-class · unsatisfactory · inadequate · unacceptable · substandard · not up to scratch · not up to par · deficient · imperfect · defective · faulty · shoddy · amateurish · careless · negligent · dreadful · awful · terrible · abominable · frightful · atrocious · disgraceful · deplorable · hopeless · worthless · laughable · lamentable · miserable · sorry · third-rate · diabolical · execrable · crummy · rotten · pathetic · useless · woeful · lousy · ropy · appalling · abysmal · pitiful · godawful · dire · poxy · not up to snuff · the pits · duff · chronic · rubbish
   antonyms:
   excellent