All intelligent synonyms
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I i adj intelligent
- original — belonging or pertaining to the origin or beginning of something, or to a thing at its beginning: The book still has its original binding.
- astute — If you describe someone as astute, you think they show an understanding of behaviour and situations, and are skilful at using this knowledge to their own advantage.
- imaginative — characterized by or bearing evidence of imagination: an imaginative tale.
- inventive — apt at inventing, devising, or contriving.
- wise — having the power of discerning and judging properly as to what is true or right; possessing discernment, judgment, or discretion.
- brilliant — A brilliant person, idea, or performance is extremely clever or skilful.
- knowledgeable — possessing or exhibiting knowledge, insight, or understanding; intelligent; well-informed; discerning; perceptive.
- resourceful — able to deal skillfully and promptly with new situations, difficulties, etc.
- creative — A creative person has the ability to invent and develop original ideas, especially in the arts.
- bright — A bright colour is strong and noticeable, and not dark.
- perceptive — having or showing keenness of insight, understanding, or intuition: a perceptive analysis of the problems involved.
- smart — having or showing quick intelligence or ready mental capability: a smart student.
- rational — agreeable to reason; reasonable; sensible: a rational plan for economic development.
- brainy — Someone who is brainy is clever and good at learning.
- well-informed — having extensive knowledge, as in one particular subject or in a variety of subjects.
- able — Someone who is able is very clever or very good at doing something.
- acute — An acute accent is a symbol that is placed over vowels in some languages in order to indicate how that vowel is pronounced or over one letter in a word to indicate where it is stressed. You refer to a letter with this accent as, for example, e acute. For example, there is an acute accent over the letter 'e' in the French word 'café'.
- alert — If you are alert, you are paying full attention to things around you and are able to deal with anything that might happen.
- alive — If people or animals are alive, they are not dead.
- apt — An apt remark, description, or choice is especially suitable.
- calculating — If you describe someone as calculating, you disapprove of the fact that they deliberately plan to get what they want, often by hurting or harming other people.
- capable — If a person or thing is capable of doing something, they have the ability to do it.
- clever — Someone who is clever is intelligent and able to understand things easily or plan things well.
- deep — If something is deep, it extends a long way down from the ground or from the top surface of something.
- discerning — showing good or outstanding judgment and understanding: a discerning critic of French poetry.
- highbrow — a person of superior intellectual interests and tastes.
- ingenious — characterized by cleverness or originality of invention or construction: an ingenious machine.
- keen — finely sharpened, as an edge; so shaped as to cut or pierce substances readily: a keen razor.
- knowing — affecting, implying, or deliberately revealing shrewd knowledge of secret or private information: a knowing glance.
- penetrating — able or tending to penetrate; piercing; sharp: a penetrating shriek; a penetrating glance.
- perspicacious — having keen mental perception and understanding; discerning: to exhibit perspicacious judgment.
- profound — penetrating or entering deeply into subjects of thought or knowledge; having deep insight or understanding: a profound thinker.
- quick — done, proceeding, or occurring with promptness or rapidity, as an action, process, etc.; prompt; immediate: a quick response.
- quick-witted — having a nimble, alert mind.
- ready — completely prepared or in fit condition for immediate action or use: troops ready for battle; Dinner is ready.
- reasonable — agreeable to reason or sound judgment; logical: a reasonable choice for chairman.
- responsible — answerable or accountable, as for something within one's power, control, or management (often followed by to or for): He is responsible to the president for his decisions.
- sage — Alain René [a-lan ruh-ney] /aˈlɛ̃ rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1668–1747, French novelist and dramatist.
- sharp — having a thin cutting edge or a fine point; well-adapted for cutting or piercing: a sharp knife.
- thinking — of or relating to thinking or thought.
- together — into or in one gathering, company, mass, place, or body: to call the people together.
- understanding — mental process of a person who comprehends; comprehension; personal interpretation: My understanding of the word does not agree with yours.
- whiz — to make a humming, buzzing, or hissing sound, as an object passing swiftly through the air.
- witty — possessing wit in speech or writing; amusingly clever in perception and expression: a witty writer.
- all there — having his or her wits about him or her; of normal intelligence
- comprehending — to understand the nature or meaning of; grasp with the mind; perceive: He did not comprehend the significance of the ambassador's remark.
adjective intelligent
- gifted — having great special talent or ability: the debut of a gifted artist.
- intellectual — appealing to or engaging the intellect: intellectual pursuits.
- scholarly — of, like, or befitting a scholar: scholarly habits.
- enlightened — Having or showing a rational, modern, and well-informed outlook.