What are the opposite words for unintelligent?
Unintelligent is an adjective used to describe someone or something lacking in intelligence or mental ability. Its antonyms, on the other hand, describe individuals with superior cognitive abilities. Some antonyms of this word include intelligent, smart, brilliant, clever, sharp, and astute. All these words signify the ability to understand, learn and comprehend with ease. They suggest mental acuity, superior cognitive capacity and having a great mind. By using these antonyms for unintelligent, one can describe individuals who possess a high IQ, have a sharp wit or are generally quick learners. It's important to note that intelligence is not determined solely by academic achievements but can also refer to practical and emotional intelligence.
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- deep
- painful
- sharp
- expert
- sage
- stylish
- promising
- thinking
- cunning
- hopeful
- intelligent
- high
- sane
- bright
- strong
- knowing
- fashionable
- discriminating
- acute
- adept
- alert
- astute
- canny
- devious
- fearless
- fine
- forward
- fresh
- glowing
- logical
- perceptive
- piping
- precocious
- quick
- radiant
- rational
- rich
- shining
- slick
- sly
- sneaking
- sparkling
- stinging
- talented
- vivid
- well-informed
- wise
- able
- brilliant
- capable
- chic
- crafty
- cutting
- discerning
- foxy
- gifted
- glinting
- glorious
- glossy
- imaginative
- intense
- keen
- knowledgeable
- luminous
- neat
- penetrating
- professional
- profound
- resourceful
- sensible
- shrewd
- smart
- splendid
- trim
- capable of performing; having an innate capacity
- all
- very able
- attentive, lively
- quick to learn
- familiar
- apt
- gorgeous
- shining, glowing in appearance
- clever, artful
- able to perform
- clever, scheming
- nasty, hateful
- extending very far, usually down
- insightful
- knowledgeable, proficient
- quick-witted
- friendly, bold
- discriminating, exact
- brash, impertinent
- refreshing to the senses
- talented, intelligent
- adored, idiolized; divine
- beautiful, advantageous
- beautiful, magnificent
- very smart
- forceful, severe; passionate
- determined, resolute
- experienced, aware
- aware, educated
- probable, reasonable
- obvious, understandable
- arranged well, uncluttered
- stinging, harsh
- alert, sensitive
- exceptionally smart, ahead of age in understanding
- skilled, trained
- intellectual, thoughtful
- realistic; of sound mind
- full in color or sound
- mentally sound; reasonable
- realistic, reasonable
- clever, intelligent
- luxurious, expensive
- pertaining to thought
- neat, orderly
- intense, powerful
- intelligent, reasonable
- Other relevant words
- Other antonyms
-
deep
- baritone,
- bass,
- fathomless,
- low-toned,
- orphic,
- subaqueous,
- under ground,
- pre-occupied,
- basser,
- bassest,
- be neath,
- be-neath,
- deep seated,
- deepseated,
- downreaching,
- full toned,
- full-toned,
- fulltoned,
- hard to understand,
- hard understand,
- in most,
- in tent,
- in to,
- low pitched,
- low toned,
- lowpitched,
- lowtoned,
- more baritone,
- more below,
- more centered,
- more delphic,
- more difficult,
- more downreaching,
- more enfolded,
- more fathomless,
- more focused,
- more full toned,
- more full-toned,
- more fulltoned,
- more in to,
- more into,
- more low toned,
- more low-toned,
- more lowtoned,
- more orphic,
- more plotting,
- more subaqueous,
- more submarine,
- more submerged,
- most baritone,
- most below,
- most beneath,
- most centered,
- most delphic,
- most downreaching,
- most enfolded,
- most fathomless,
- most focused,
- most full toned,
- most fulltoned,
- most into,
- most low-toned,
- most lowtoned,
- most orphic,
- most plotting,
- most subaqueous,
- most submarine,
- most submerged,
- most sunk,
- most yawning,
- pre occupied,
- re sonant,
- re-sonant,
- sub marine,
- sub-aqueous,
- sub-marine,
- sub-merged,
- un fathomable.
- painful
-
sharp
- acuate,
- apical,
- briery,
- double-edged,
- horned,
- in style,
- needlelike,
- pronged,
- razor-sharp,
- sharp,
- spiky,
- tined,
- vinegary,
- Acuminous,
- Needle-pointed,
- first class,
- spikiest,
- spikier,
- strong-smelling,
- firstclass,
- Unblunted,
- brierier,
- brieriest,
- double edged,
- doubleedged,
- flyest,
- ground fine,
- keen edged,
- keen-edged,
- keenedged,
- knife edged,
- knife-edged,
- knifeedged,
- more acuminous,
- more apical,
- more double edged,
- more double-edged,
- more doubleedged,
- more drilling,
- more honed,
- more horned,
- more keen edged,
- more keen-edged,
- more keenedged,
- more knife edged,
- more knife-edged,
- more knifeedged,
- more needle pointed,
- more needle-pointed,
- more needlelike,
- more paralyzing,
- more razor sharp,
- more razor-sharp,
- more razorsharp,
- more sharp edged,
- more sharp-edged,
- more sharpened,
- more splintery,
- more strong smelling,
- more strong-smelling,
- more suffocating,
- more tapered,
- more tined,
- more tipped,
- more unblunted,
- more vinegary,
- more whetted,
- most acuate,
- most acuminous,
- most apical,
- most double edged,
- most double-edged,
- most doubleedged,
- most drilling,
- most honed,
- most horned,
- most keen edged,
- most keen-edged,
- most keenedged,
- most knife edged,
- most knifeedged,
- most needle-pointed,
- most needlelike,
- most needlepointed,
- most pronged,
- most razor sharp,
- most razor-sharp,
- most sharp edged,
- most sharp-edged,
- most sharpedged,
- most sharpened,
- most shooting,
- most splintery,
- most strong smelling,
- most strong-smelling,
- most suffocating,
- most tapered,
- most tined,
- most tipped,
- most unblunted,
- most vinegary,
- most whetted,
- needle pointed,
- needlepointed,
- nobody's fool,
- sharp edged,
- smart as a tack,
- smart as tack,
- strong smelling,
- two faced,
- twofaced,
- un blunted,
- un ethical,
- un gracious,
- un scrupulous,
- un-blunted,
- un-ethical,
- un-gracious,
- un-scrupulous,
- under hand,
- under-hand.
- expert
- sage
- stylish
- promising
- thinking
- cunning
- hopeful
- intelligent
- high
- sane
-
bright
- aglow,
- auroral,
- fulgid,
- hued,
- moonlit,
- palmy,
- phosphorescent,
- razzle-dazzle,
- silvery,
- sunlit,
- Clear-headed,
- Relucent,
- palmiest,
- eggheaded,
- glitzy,
- clear headed,
- glitziest,
- having smarts,
- in candescent,
- more acute,
- more aglow,
- more alight,
- more burnished,
- more clear headed,
- more clear-headed,
- more coruscating,
- more eggheaded,
- more einstein,
- more fulgid,
- more illumined,
- more irradiated,
- more lighted,
- more mirrorlike,
- more moonlit,
- more razzle dazzle,
- more razzle-dazzle,
- more razzledazzle,
- more relucent,
- more silvery,
- more tinged,
- most aglow,
- most alight,
- most auroral,
- most clear headed,
- most clear-headed,
- most eggheaded,
- most einstein,
- most flashing,
- most fulgid,
- most hued,
- most illumined,
- most irradiated,
- most mirrorlike,
- most moonlit,
- most phosphorescent,
- most razzle dazzle,
- most razzle-dazzle,
- most razzledazzle,
- most relucent,
- most silvery,
- most sunlit,
- most tinged,
- palmier,
- razzle dazzle,
- razzledazzle,
- re lucent,
- re-lucent,
- re-splendent,
- trans lucent,
- trans parent,
- trans-lucent,
- trans-parent,
- un clouded.
-
strong
- take charge,
- unmixed,
- strong-flavored,
- highly flavored,
- full bodied,
- fullbodied,
- hard nosed,
- hardnosed,
- in dependent,
- in-dependent,
- iron willed,
- more inebriating,
- more iron willed,
- more strong flavored,
- more strong-flavored,
- more strongflavored,
- more unmixed,
- most inebriating,
- most iron-willed,
- most ironwilled,
- most strong flavored,
- most strong-flavored,
- most strongflavored,
- most unmixed,
- strong flavored,
- strongflavored,
- un bending,
- un compromising,
- un diluted,
- un mixed,
- un yielding,
- un-bending,
- un-compromising,
- un-diluted,
- un-mixed,
- un-yielding.
- knowing
- fashionable
- discriminating
- acute
- adept
- alert
- astute
- canny
- devious
- fearless
- fine
- forward
- fresh
- glowing
- logical
- perceptive
- piping
- precocious
- quick
- radiant
- rational
- rich
- shining
- slick
- sly
- sneaking
- sparkling
- stinging
- talented
- vivid
- well-informed
- wise
- able
- brilliant
-
capable
- fireball,
- oldtimer,
- knowing the score,
- has what it takes,
- has what takes,
- having goods,
- having know how,
- having know-how,
- having knowhow,
- having right stuff,
- having the goods,
- having the right stuff,
- knowing score,
- like a one man band,
- like a one-man band,
- like a oneman band,
- like a pistol,
- like one man band,
- like one-man band,
- like oneman band,
- like pistol,
- more dynamite,
- more fireball,
- more old timer,
- more old-timer,
- more oldtimer,
- more up,
- most fireball,
- most old timer,
- most old-timer,
- most oldtimer,
- most up,
- old timer.
- chic
- crafty
- cutting
- discerning
- foxy
- gifted
- glinting
- glorious
- glossy
- imaginative
-
intense
- all-consuming,
- all consuming,
- allconsuming,
- extra ordinary,
- extra-ordinary,
- in tense,
- in tenser,
- in tensive,
- in-tense,
- in-tenser,
- in-tensest,
- in-tensive,
- more all consuming,
- more all-consuming,
- more allconsuming,
- more intensified,
- most all consuming,
- most allconsuming,
- most intensified,
- un due,
- un duest,
- un-due,
- un-duer,
- un-duest.
- keen
- knowledgeable
- luminous
- neat
- penetrating
- professional
- profound
- resourceful
-
sensible
- well thought out,
- matter of fact,
- having all one marbles,
- having all one's marbles,
- having all ones marbles,
- having one marbles,
- having one's marbles,
- having ones marbles,
- in right mind,
- more well reasoned,
- more well-reasoned,
- more wellreasoned,
- most well reasoned,
- most well thought out,
- most well-reasoned,
- most well-thought-out,
- most wellreasoned,
- well reasoned,
- well-reasoned,
- well-thought-out,
- wellreasoned.
- shrewd
-
smart
- dressed to kill,
- long-haired,
- quick,
- quick-witted,
- smart,
- in fashion,
- dressed kill,
- long haired,
- longhaired,
- more cracking,
- more long haired,
- more long-haired,
- more longhaired,
- most cracking,
- most long haired,
- most long-haired,
- most longhaired,
- skuller,
- skullest,
- well turned out,
- well turned-out,
- well turnedout.
- splendid
- trim
-
capable of performing; having an innate capacity
- able.
- all
- very able
- attentive, lively
-
quick to learn
- apt.
-
familiar
- free-and-easy,
- palsy,
- buddy-buddy,
- buddy buddy,
- buddybuddy,
- in formal,
- in-formal,
- more buddy buddy,
- more buddy-buddy,
- more buddybuddy,
- more free and easy,
- more free-and-easy,
- most buddy-buddy,
- most buddybuddy,
- most free-and-easy,
- palsier,
- palsiest,
- palsy walsy,
- palsywalsy,
- pre sumptuous,
- un constrained,
- un-ceremonious,
- un-reserved.
- apt
-
gorgeous
- beaut,
- centerfold,
- lulu,
- splendiferous,
- drop-dead,
- easy on the eyes,
- beauter,
- beautest,
- dreamest,
- dropdead,
- easy eyes,
- easy the eyes,
- good looking,
- goodlooking,
- more centerfold,
- more drop dead,
- more drop-dead,
- more knockout,
- more lulu,
- most centerfold,
- most drop dead,
- most drop-dead,
- most dropdead,
- most lulu,
- most splendiferous.
- shining, glowing in appearance
- clever, artful
- able to perform
- clever, scheming
- nasty, hateful
-
extending very far, usually down
- deep.
- insightful
- knowledgeable, proficient
- quick-witted
- friendly, bold
-
discriminating, exact
- fine.
- brash, impertinent
- refreshing to the senses
- talented, intelligent
- adored, idiolized; divine
- beautiful, advantageous
- beautiful, magnificent
- very smart
- forceful, severe; passionate
- determined, resolute
- experienced, aware
- aware, educated
- probable, reasonable
- obvious, understandable
-
arranged well, uncluttered
- neat.
- stinging, harsh
- alert, sensitive
- exceptionally smart, ahead of age in understanding
- skilled, trained
- intellectual, thoughtful
- realistic; of sound mind
-
full in color or sound
- rich.
-
mentally sound; reasonable
- sane.
- realistic, reasonable
- clever, intelligent
- luxurious, expensive
- pertaining to thought
-
neat, orderly
- trim.
- intense, powerful
-
intelligent, reasonable
- wise.
-
Other relevant words
- scintillating,
- searching,
- acute,
- agile,
- apt,
- astute,
- born,
- brainy,
- brilliant,
- cerebral,
- crafty,
- cunning,
- discerning,
- educated,
- erudite,
- fast,
- foxy,
- highbrow,
- informed,
- ingenious,
- innate,
- insightful,
- intellectual,
- judicious,
- keen,
- knowing,
- knowledgeable,
- learned,
- literate,
- logical,
- natural,
- nimble,
- perceptive,
- percipient,
- perspicacious,
- prehensile,
- prudent,
- quick,
- quick-witted,
- rational,
- ready,
- reasonable,
- resourceful,
- sagacious,
- sage,
- sane,
- sapient,
- savvy,
- scholarly,
- schooled,
- scintillating,
- searching,
- sensible,
- shrewd,
- skilled,
- smart as a whip,
- sound,
- trained,
- trenchant,
- valid,
- well-read,
- wily,
- wise,
- Sharp-witted,
- hyperintelligent,
- supersmart,
- ultrasmart.
- Other antonyms
Antonym of the day
stops in one's tracks
- Antonyms:
- bore, disenchant, disgust.
