What is another word for clever?
1009 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ klˈɛvə], [ klˈɛvə], [ k_l_ˈɛ_v_ə]Table of Contents
Similar words for clever:- able (adjective)
- acute (adjective)
- adroit (adjective)
- agile (adjective)
- alert (adjective)
- all (adjective)
- apt (adjective)
- artful (adjective)
- astute (adjective)
- bright (adjective)
- bright, ingenious (adjective)
- brilliant (adjective)
- capable (adjective)
- competent (adjective)
- creative (adjective)
- cunning (adjective)
- delightful (adjective)
- dexterous (adjective)
- diplomatic (adjective)
- discerning (adjective)
- efficient (adjective)
- elegant (adjective)
- entertaining (adjective)
- facetious (adjective)
- funny (adjective)
- gifted (adjective)
- good (adjective)
- imaginative (adjective)
- intelligent (adjective)
- intuitive (adjective)
- ironic/ironical (adjective)
- knowing (adjective)
- knowledgeable (adjective)
- masterful (adjective)
- on the ball (adjective)
- open-eyed (adjective)
- proficient (adjective)
- quick (adjective)
- quick-witted (adjective)
- racy (adjective)
- readable (adjective)
- resourceful (adjective)
- sagacious (adjective)
- sage (adjective)
- scintillating (adjective)
- serpentine (adjective)
- sharp (adjective)
- sharp-witted (adjective)
- skillful (adjective)
- smart (adjective)
- sprightly (adjective)
- stylish (adjective)
- talented (adjective)
- tongue-in-cheek (adjective)
- tricky (adjective)
- wicked (adjective)
- wise (adjective)
- witty (adjective)
- cagy (noun)
- clever (noun)
- other synonyms
- astute
- other relevant words
Synonyms for Clever:
adj.
•able (adjective)- up snuff,
- know one onions,
- pre-pared,
- pre pared,
- know ones onions,
- know onions,
- powerful,
- therest,
- know ropes,
- know backwards forwards,
- therer,
- more skilled,
- up it,
- up speed.
- in-tense,
- in tensest,
- in tense,
- in-tenser,
- more acute,
- dis-criminating,
- dis criminating,
- observant,
- in tenser,
- in-tensest.
- quick uptake,
- quick on uptake,
- most up,
- most crackerjack,
- on beam,
- on the beam,
- foxy,
- slick,
- whizest,
- neater,
- more crackerjack,
- more up,
- whizer,
- quick the uptake,
- most wizard,
- quick the trigger,
- more wizard,
- quick trigger.
- quick on draw,
- more easy moving,
- lithe,
- lively,
- mercurial,
- most easy moving,
- most easymoving,
- most easy-moving,
- more easymoving,
- prompt,
- fleet,
- quick the draw,
- sprighter,
- sportive,
- quick draw,
- easymoving,
- limber,
- most bustling,
- most sportive,
- sprightest,
- more easy-moving,
- more bustling,
- easy moving.
- on qui vive,
- jazzed,
- wide awake,
- more jazzed,
- more careful,
- on job,
- fast on draw,
- fast draw,
- on one toes,
- fast the draw,
- most jazzed,
- on ones toes.
- sly,
- qualified,
- pro,
- deep,
- egghead,
- many-sided,
- skilled,
- sharp,
- adept,
- pretty,
- smart,
- cagey,
- rational,
- versatile,
- brainy,
- shrewd,
- quick,
- crackerjack,
- sensible,
- witty,
- inventive,
- canny.
- most old-timer,
- more old-timer,
- most fireball,
- most old timer,
- veteran,
- having know how,
- most dynamite,
- like one-man band,
- most oldtimer,
- knowing score,
- old timer,
- most capable,
- more fireball,
- like a one man band,
- like pistol,
- more oldtimer,
- more dynamite,
- like oneman band,
- like a oneman band,
- more suited,
- having knowhow,
- more old timer,
- like one man band,
- has what takes,
- having right stuff,
- having goods.
- paid dues,
- know business,
- paid ones dues,
- foolest,
- know answers,
- end-owed,
- know ins outs,
- pertinent,
- being pistol,
- know score,
- know one stuff,
- paid one dues,
- know one business,
- no slouch,
- de-cent,
- know ones business,
- de cent,
- know ones stuff,
- end owed.
- slippery,
- Slighty,
- crafty,
- deft,
- scheming,
- feline,
- calculating,
- snaky,
- subtle,
- well-laid,
- wily,
- devious,
- masterly,
- wary,
- smooth,
- well-planned,
- designing.
- re freshing,
- re-freshing,
- most darling,
- in-effable,
- more captivating,
- de-lightful,
- most captivating,
- more darling,
- de lightful,
- in effable,
- rapturous.
- nimble fingered,
- nimblefingered,
- most nimblefingered,
- more nimble-fingered,
- more nimblefingered,
- having the knowhow,
- most nimble-fingered,
- most nimble fingered,
- having the know how,
- more nimble fingered,
- effortless.
- most contriving,
- more conniving,
- more contriving,
- most opportunistic,
- more opportunistic,
- most conniving.
- most insighted,
- more clearsighted,
- most clear sighted,
- more clear-sighted,
- most clearsighted,
- most gnostic,
- more clear sighted,
- clear sighted,
- gnostic,
- in sighted,
- most clear-sighted,
- most percipient,
- more percipient,
- more gnostic,
- in-sighted,
- more insighted.
- well organized,
- potent,
- wellorganized,
- most efficient,
- more wellorganized,
- most well organized,
- more well organized,
- more efficient,
- most well-organized,
- more well-organized,
- most valuable,
- most wellorganized.
- riotest,
- more side splitting,
- be ball,
- ex citing,
- ex-citing,
- most side splitting,
- pro vocative,
- most side-splitting,
- most recreative,
- gassest,
- rousing,
- screamest,
- side splitting,
- in spiring,
- re creative,
- more recreative,
- be a ball,
- most relaxing,
- pro-vocative,
- side-splitting,
- more side-splitting,
- more relaxing,
- in-spiring.
- most wisecracking,
- most punning,
- ludicrous,
- in-decorous,
- flippest,
- joking,
- pulling leg,
- most jesting,
- more wisecracking,
- pulling one leg,
- more capering,
- irreverent,
- laughable,
- more jesting,
- more ridiculous,
- most comic,
- in decorous,
- pulling ones leg,
- most jocose,
- most joshing,
- playful,
- facetious,
- wry,
- more punning,
- farcical,
- more joshing,
- most capering.
- most knee slapper,
- goodhumored,
- good humored,
- more killing,
- hilarious,
- more gelastic,
- more humdinger,
- most antic,
- most kneeslapper,
- most knee-slapper,
- more screaming,
- more kneeslapper,
- more antic,
- funnier,
- kneeslapper,
- most gelastic,
- screaming,
- most screaming,
- killing,
- most killing,
- knee slapper,
- most humdinger,
- more knee-slapper,
- more knee slapper.
- avantgarde,
- most pie-in-the-sky,
- bluesky,
- more bluesky,
- avant garde,
- most blue sky,
- most pie in the sky,
- more blue sky,
- more pie-in-the-sky,
- most blue-sky,
- more blue-sky,
- most bluesky,
- high flown,
- highflown,
- more pie in the sky.
- well-informed,
- erudite,
- encyclopedic,
- more intelligent,
- intellectual,
- all there,
- genius,
- Comprehending,
- cogent,
- sophisticated,
- bright,
- worldly,
- profound.
- most paradoxical,
- most jibing,
- more double-edged,
- most uncomplimentary,
- scathing,
- in congruous,
- more doubleedged,
- more uncomplimentary,
- more paradoxical,
- most double-edged,
- double edged,
- more chaffing,
- satiric,
- un complimentary,
- most chaffing,
- more backbiting,
- most ironical,
- most backbiting,
- mordant,
- more jibing,
- most double edged,
- more double edged,
- most doubleedged,
- more satiric,
- doubleedged,
- un-complimentary,
- more ironic,
- in-congruous,
- mocking.
- well rounded,
- well-rounded,
- wellrounded,
- most abreast,
- more posted,
- most knowledgeable,
- more abreast,
- in know,
- most posted,
- more apprised,
- most apprised,
- plugged in.
- most nimblewitted,
- most nimble-witted,
- more nimblewitted,
- nimble witted,
- smart as whip,
- more nimble-witted,
- more nimble witted,
- quickest,
- most nimble witted,
- nimblewitted.
- sharpsighted,
- more penetrative,
- most penetrative,
- most sharp-sighted,
- most sharp sighted,
- quick witted,
- more sharp-sighted,
- more sharp sighted,
- quickwitted,
- more sharpsighted,
- most sharpsighted,
- sharp sighted.
- well written,
- wellwritten,
- re-warding,
- most well written,
- most well-written,
- more well-written,
- re warding,
- most wellwritten,
- more well written,
- more wellwritten,
- well-written.
- most coiling,
- Meandrous,
- most snakelike,
- more snakelike,
- maziest,
- most twisting,
- in-direct,
- in direct,
- twisting turning,
- mazier,
- more twisting,
- more coiling.
- most quick-thinking,
- most quick thinking,
- more quick-thinking,
- most quickthinking,
- quickthinking,
- more quick thinking,
- sharpwitted,
- sharp witted,
- more quickthinking,
- quick thinking.
- really into,
- accomplished,
- tuned in,
- vet,
- wised up,
- well-versed,
- facile,
- ambidextrous,
- crack,
- Sure-footed,
- VETER,
- a hand at.
- skuller,
- skullest,
- most longhaired,
- more long-haired,
- more longhaired,
- longhaired,
- most long-haired,
- most long haired,
- long haired,
- more long haired,
- skull.
n.
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- discerning,
- amusing,
- original,
- precocious,
- Sharp-witted,
- academic,
- glib.
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- meditative,
- incisive,
- reasoned,
- sound,
- thoughtful,
- deductive,
- perceptive.
- cagy.
Other synonyms:
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- heat-seeking,
- hydraulic,
- on-board,
- one-man,
- Labor-saving,
- jammed,
- on-off,
- high-performance,
- pneumatic,
- programmable,
- homing,
- redundant,
- push button,
- unsophisticated,
- right hand,
- submersible,
- built,
- inoperative,
- unfriendly,
- yankee,
- souped-up,
- inflatable,
- spring-loaded,
- fail-safe,
- voice-activated,
- pump action,
- gas-fired,
- sluggish,
- Rube Goldberg,
- transistorized,
- hard-wired,
- hands-free,
- user-friendly,
- cordless,
- steam.
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- entry-level,
- multiuser,
- reliable,
- two-way,
- first generation,
- unmanned,
- incompatible,
- ironic,
- robotic,
- female,
- electrical,
- broken,
- manned,
- automatically,
- unconnected,
- motorized,
- wireless,
- cranky,
- analog,
- right-handed.
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- off.
-
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- low.
-
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- dead.
-
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- out.
- keen.
- considerate,
- cleverly,
- sensitive,
- sardonic,
- magisterial,
- rapier-like,
- politic,
- streetwise,
- well-reasoned,
- careful,
- insincere,
- understanding,
- dextrous,
- enlightened,
- commonsensical,
- assume,
- all-around,
- well thought out,
- swiftly,
- be at variance,
- have,
- stand,
- treacherous,
- controvert,
- motivated,
- calculated,
- coincidentally,
- catch,
- satiny,
- comprehend,
- learn,
- perfidious,
- informed,
- behind ones back,
- farsighted,
- Cerebric,
- piquant,
- Trickish,
- valid,
- extraordinarily,
- two-timing,
- jocose,
- speedily,
- dazzling,
- well-considered,
- false,
- rapidly,
- likely,
- exceptional,
- suitable,
- discreet,
- top-notch,
- manipulative,
- artificial,
- step,
- oppose,
- hidden,
- speed,
- perspicuous,
- goblin,
- evasive,
- enterprising,
- workmanlike,
- right-hand,
- two-faced,
- bueno,
- first-rate,
- promptly,
- deep-laid,
- vivacious,
- capital,
- elf,
- open-eyed,
- famous,
- delicate,
- great,
- polite,
- happy,
- genial,
- deliberately,
- awake,
- hear,
- Contriving,
- goodly,
- skilful,
- malleable,
- logical,
- receptive,
- Deceiving,
- risible,
- crooked,
- sapient,
- endure,
- underhanded,
- versed,
- tongue-in-cheek,
- manoeuvrable,
- affable,
- prove,
- helpful,
- no,
- greatly,
- biting,
- poignant,
- conniving,
- Subtile,
- fly,
- hypocritical,
- scholarly,
- hastily,
- disposed,
- unctuous,
- thief,
- endowed,
- penetrating,
- ingeniously,
- jesuitical,
- undergo,
- long-headed,
- taught,
- splendid,
- mirthful,
- useful,
- thinking,
- wide-awake,
- prudent,
- superior,
- Habile,
- susceptible,
- excessively,
- court card,
- deity,
- casuistic,
- ENG,
- furtive,
- enormously,
- fairy,
- sophistical,
- style,
- discriminative,
- speedy,
- quickly,
- Daedalian,
- wizard,
- in good order,
- opportunely,
- tending,
- robber,
- sneaky,
- discriminating,
- effective,
- functional,
- leery,
- disingenuous,
- cordial,
- see,
- professional,
- practised,
- craftiness,
- noble,
- comic,
- knowledge,
- willing,
- master stroke,
- trained,
- moldable,
- Promethean,
- whimsical,
- not difficult,
- Double dealing,
- minded,
- amiable,
- witchcraft,
- usable,
- accept,
- daybreak,
- shifty,
- coordinated,
- some,
- coup,
- polished,
- pretentious,
- fantastic,
- given,
- Educable,
- fast,
- affirm,
- fine,
- fully,
- effectual,
- extremely,
- tactful,
- alive,
- sane,
- sharp point,
- pleasing,
- bonny,
- duplicitous,
- goodish,
- suffer,
- very,
- become aware of,
- excellent,
- virtuoso,
- salt,
- well-designed,
- brisk,
- authoritative,
- cute,
- smarmy,
- fancy,
- docile,
- wicked,
- responsive,
- abide,
- measure,
- underhand,
- felicitous,
- clearheaded,
- ace,
- pungent,
- serviceable,
- Peart,
- fanciful,
- not born yesterday,
- aware,
- stealthy,
- diligent,
- top-drawer,
- contradict,
- realize,
- trump card,
- slim,
- active,
- showy,
- nice,
- intriguing,
- suddenly,
- tricksy,
- bright thought,
- well-done,
- gallows,
- trenchant,
- vigorous,
- breakneck,
- bold stroke,
- steel-trap,
- expeditiously,
- knavish,
- neat,
- strategic,
- totally,
- knowingly,
- plastic,
- liable,
- Bon,
- understand,
- chary,
- knowledgable,
- Daedal,
- pricking,
- practical,
- thoroughly,
- hearing,
- straightaway,
- hyperintelligent,
- supple,
- entirely,
- Argute,
- inspiring,
- innovatory,
- impressionable,
- braw,
- completely,
- bonzer,
- Bravura,
- cunningly,
- cognizant,
- royal,
- Plotting,
- piercing,
- arch,
- burglar,
- apposite,
- salty,
- appropriate,
- bandit,
- learned,
- Humorsome,
- alive to,
- ultrasmart,
- coruscating,
- Foxlike,
- Subdolous,
- sharpen,
- slimy,
- street smart,
- day,
- au fait,
- allow,
- joshing,
- readily,
- neat-handed,
- contravene,
- pawky,
- listen,
- deceptive,
- allege,
- perfectly,
- humorous,
- searching,
- timeserving,
- dodgy,
- supersmart,
- reasonable,
- energy,
- wise man,
- tactical,
- roguish,
- assert,
- highbrow,
- statesmanlike,
- attic,
- judicious,
- formable,
- intense,
- interpret,
- machiavellian,
- stroke,
- jesting,
- oily,
- shady,
- insidious,
- bright idea,
- pliable,
- Trainable,
- know.
Paraphrases for Clever:
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Equivalence
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Proper noun, singular
intelligent, smart.
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Noun, singular or mass
intelligent, smart.
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Adverb
smart.
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Proper noun, singular
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Independent
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Adjective
sophisticated, prudent, subtle, thoughtful, brainy, reasonable, tricky, slick, slim, discerning, glittering, talented, inventive, gifted, rational, advisable, handy, competent, sharp, creative, neat, ably, wily, unwise, shiny.
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Noun, singular or mass
termite.
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Adjective
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Other Related
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Adjective, comparative
WISER.
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Adjective
ingenious, resourceful, skilful, sensible, brilliant, perceptive, bright, judicious, adept, insightful, funny.
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Adverb
brilliant.
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Adjective, comparative
Antonyms for Clever:
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adj.
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Other antonyms:
woeful, somber, solemn, zany, hackneyed, pinheaded, ham-handed, uneasy, fumbling, butterfingered, Thick-headed, useless, uncomfortable, cookie-cutter, lowbrow, uncoordinated, moronic, lame, stiff, derivative, sorry, unimaginative, canned, tearful, assembly line, uncomic, uninventive, illiterate, corny, serious, lachrymose, sober, ungraceful, nonintellectual, incompetent, imbecile, doleful, heavy-handed, uninspired, uneducated, feebleminded, unoriginal, unfunny, infertile, impractical, uninformed, dolorous, unintellectual, earnest, graceless, unthinking, gauche, plaintive, pedantic, klutzy, unproductive, stodgy, handless, brain dead, pedestrian, untaught, ham-fisted, stilted, uncreative, imitative, grave, wooden, unamusing, incapable, vacuous, kooky, Unhandy, humorless.
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Other antonyms:
Homophones for Clever:
- klever.