intelligent
[adjective]
Synonyms: clever, brainy (informal), bright, enlightened, perspicacious, quick-witted, sharp, smart, well-informed

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Antonyms: unintelligent
Contrasted words: irrational, unreasonable, foolish, idiotic, imbecilic, moronic, crass, dense, dull, dumb, slow, stupid
Related Words: astute, perspicacious, sagacious, shrewd, acute, keen, adroit, cunning, ingenious

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English Thesaurus: intelligent, clever, bright, brilliant, gifted, ...

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

in‧tel‧li‧gent S3 AC /ɪnˈtelədʒənt, ɪnˈtelɪdʒənt/ adjective
[Word Family: noun: intelligence, intelligentsia, intelligibility; adverb: intelligently, intelligibly; adjective: intelligent ≠ UNINTELLIGENT, intelligible ≠ unintelligible]
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Latin; Origin: present participle of intelligere, intellegere 'to understand', from inter- ( ⇒ inter-) + legere 'to gather, choose']

1. an intelligent person has a high level of mental ability and is good at understanding ideas and thinking clearly:
a group of highly intelligent (=very intelligent) students
Sontag was once famously described as the most intelligent woman in America.

2. an intelligent comment, question, conversation etc shows that you have thought about something carefully and understand it well:
an intelligent question
You can’t have an intelligent conversation with him.

3. an intelligent creature is able to think and understand:
Are there intelligent beings on other planets?
forms of intelligent life

4. an intelligent machine, system etc is able to learn and use information
—intelligently adverb

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

intelligent
adj.
VERBS be, look, seem
ADV. extremely, highly, incredibly, most, remarkably, very a highly intelligent woman
fairly, quite, reasonably He should be able to solve the problem. He's reasonably intelligent.
obviously | seemingly

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

intelligent having a high level of mental ability, and good at thinking clearly and understanding ideas:
The top universities aim to select the most intelligent students.
clever especially British English, smart especially American English intelligent, so that you can think and learn quickly and find ways to solve problems:
That was very clever of you. How did you do that?
I wasn’t smart enough to be a lawyer.
bright intelligent – used especially about children and young people:
He’s a very bright kid.
the brightest student in the class
brilliant extremely intelligent and good at the work you do:
a brilliant scientist
gifted a gifted child is much more intelligent than most other children:
a special school for gifted children
wise able to make good decisions and give sensible advice, especially because you have a lot of experience:
a wise old man
cunning/crafty good at using your intelligence to get what you want, often by making secret plans or tricking people:
She was cunning enough to keep this latest piece of information secret.
He’s a crafty old devil!
brainy informal intelligent and good at studying:
My sister is the brainy one in our family.

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