What is another word for intelligent?
958 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ ɪntˈɛlɪd͡ʒənt], [ ɪntˈɛlɪdʒənt], [ ɪ_n_t_ˈɛ_l_ɪ_dʒ_ə_n_t]
Intelligent is a word used to describe someone who is smart, clever, and quick-witted. Synonyms for intelligent include bright, savvy, sharp, ingenious, knowledgeable, intellectual, astute, and perceptive. The word bright refers to someone who is quick to understand things, while savvy applies to someone who understands practical issues. Sharp refers to someone with a keen mind and perception, while ingenious indicates a person with exceptional creativity. Intellectual applies to someone who is well-read and thoughtful, while astute refers to someone with a shrewd and insightful mind. Finally, perceptive applies to someone who is attuned to and capable of understanding subtle nuances and details.
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Similar words for intelligent:
- able (adjective)
- alert (adjective)
- all (adjective)
- apt (adjective)
- astute (adjective)
- aware (adjective)
- calculating (adjective)
- canny (adjective)
- capable (adjective)
- clever (adjective)
- consequent (adjective)
- crafty (adjective)
- cultured (adjective)
- cunning (adjective)
- discerning (adjective)
- discreet (adjective)
- educated (adjective)
- fine (adjective)
- foxy (adjective)
- highbrow (adjective)
- ingenious (adjective)
- insightful (adjective)
- intellectual (adjective)
- intelligent (adjective)
- knowing (adjective)
- knowledgeable (adjective)
- liberal (adjective)
- logical (adjective)
- observant (adjective)
- on the ball (adjective)
- open-eyed (adjective)
- other relevant words (adjective)
- precocious (adjective)
- profound (adjective)
- quick (adjective)
- quick-witted (adjective)
- rational (adjective)
- reasonable (adjective)
- resourceful (adjective)
- sagacious (adjective)
- sage (adjective)
- sane (adjective)
- sensible (adjective)
- sharp (adjective)
- sharp-witted (adjective)
- strong (adjective)
- talented (adjective)
- tricky (adjective)
- very smart (adjective)
- well-advised (adjective)
- well-balanced (adjective)
- wide-awake (adjective)
- witty (adjective)
- agile (noun)
- brainy (noun)
- brilliant (noun)
- crafty (noun)
- healthy (noun)
- incisive (noun)
- intelligent (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- virtuoso (noun)
- discriminating (verb)
- other relevant words (verb)
- other synonyms
- lucid
- observant
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Intelligent:
adj.
• able (adjective)- up it,
- more intelligent,
- powerful,
- know ones onions,
- smart,
- know one onions,
- up snuff,
- pre pared,
- therer,
- up speed,
- more skilled,
- know ropes,
- more efficient,
- therest,
- know onions,
- effortless,
- most efficient,
- end owed,
- pre-pared,
- know backwards forwards,
- end-owed.
- fast on draw,
- wisest,
- jazzed,
- more jazzed,
- more careful,
- fast draw,
- most jazzed,
- on qui vive,
- on job,
- fast the draw,
- on ones toes,
- on one toes.
- nobody's fool,
- nobody fool,
- quick trigger,
- nobodys fool,
- prompt,
- quick the uptake,
- quick uptake,
- quick the trigger,
- quick on uptake.
- more nimble witted,
- most nimblewitted,
- heppest,
- Worldlywise,
- most nimble-witted,
- most streetwise,
- slick,
- more nimblewitted,
- more acute,
- most nimble witted,
- more nimble-witted,
- nimblewitted,
- more streetwise,
- nimble witted.
- like a oneman band,
- like a one man band,
- like pistol,
- more up,
- having goods,
- like oneman band,
- most up,
- old timer,
- most dynamite,
- most oldtimer,
- having knowhow,
- having right stuff,
- more suited,
- more dynamite,
- having know how,
- more old timer,
- veteran,
- has what takes,
- knowing score,
- most old timer,
- like one-man band,
- more old-timer,
- most old-timer,
- more fireball,
- like one man band,
- most capable,
- more oldtimer,
- most fireball.
- dexterousdextrous,
- pro,
- dexterous dextrous,
- more crackerjack,
- dexterous-dextrous,
- manysided,
- more egghead,
- many sided,
- most egghead,
- most crackerjack.
- ensuing,
- in direct,
- most inferable,
- more resulting,
- most resulting,
- more reasonable,
- more understandable,
- sub sequent,
- in-direct,
- more inferable,
- sub-sequent.
- more aesthetic,
- more blue-stocking,
- traveled,
- savant,
- in-formed,
- most distingue,
- more informed,
- urbane,
- most savant,
- in formed,
- most blue-stocking,
- highclass,
- re fined,
- more blue stocking,
- most blue stocking,
- high class,
- most bluestocking,
- up to date,
- under-standing,
- more bluestocking,
- more understanding,
- more savant,
- more distingue,
- under standing.
- more clearsighted,
- in-sighted,
- most gnostic,
- more clear-sighted,
- more gnostic,
- clear sighted,
- most percipient,
- more clear sighted,
- most clearsighted,
- in sighted,
- more percipient,
- most insighted,
- more insighted,
- most clear-sighted,
- gnostic,
- most clear sighted.
- more well versed,
- most coached,
- versed in,
- most tutored,
- welltaught,
- most formed,
- well taught,
- co ached,
- more welltaught,
- most well versed,
- more well-versed,
- Nurtured,
- most wellversed,
- well read,
- more formed,
- more tutored,
- most well-versed,
- more shaped,
- well-taught,
- most schooled,
- most well taught,
- more schooled,
- most shaped,
- co-ached,
- more wellversed,
- more well taught,
- most nurtured,
- shaped,
- wellversed,
- more nurtured,
- well versed,
- more well-taught,
- more coached,
- most well-taught,
- most welltaught,
- wellread.
- fine spun,
- more hairline,
- most fine-spun,
- most hairline,
- trifling,
- most fine spun,
- un polluted,
- un adulterated,
- more unpolluted,
- most unpolluted,
- un-adulterated,
- more hairsplitting,
- more fine spun,
- most enigmatic,
- un-polluted,
- most hairsplitting,
- more fine-spun.
- innovative,
- more innovative,
- most innovational,
- most deviceful,
- more innovational,
- more deviceful,
- innovational.
- ear the ground,
- knows whats what,
- most penetrative,
- more penetrative,
- knows what what,
- ear to ground,
- ear ground.
- learned,
- tuned-in,
- with-it,
- encylopedic,
- competent,
- Sophic,
- omniscient,
- informed,
- cognizant,
- shrewd,
- experienced,
- witting,
- versed.
- more apprised,
- in know,
- well-rounded,
- most apprised,
- most abreast,
- more abreast,
- most knowledgeable,
- wellrounded,
- most posted,
- more posted,
- well rounded,
- plugged in.
- most latitudinarian,
- latitudinarian,
- more libertarian,
- more humanistic,
- avantgarde,
- most unbigoted,
- most libertarian,
- most humanistic,
- broad minded,
- un bigoted,
- reformist,
- more latitudinarian,
- un prejudiced,
- un biased,
- more reformist,
- highminded,
- liberal,
- un-bigoted,
- more unbigoted,
- un conventional,
- most reformist,
- avant garde,
- un-prejudiced,
- high minded,
- un-conventional.
- more extensional,
- wellorganized,
- more well organized,
- ex tensional,
- most well-organized,
- holding together,
- most likely,
- well organized,
- most well organized,
- more well-organized,
- more juridicious,
- most extensional,
- logical,
- most wellorganized,
- re levant,
- more wellorganized,
- re-levant,
- ex-tensional,
- most juridicious.
- more intentive,
- dis-covering,
- most intentive,
- sharpeyed,
- eagle eyed,
- more sharpeyed,
- eagleeyed,
- most deducing,
- more contemplating,
- more discovering,
- more advertent,
- more questioning,
- most sharp-eyed,
- most sharp eyed,
- more surveying,
- not missing trick,
- more detecting,
- dis covering,
- more comprehending,
- most advertent,
- most surveying,
- more deducing,
- most sharpeyed,
- most discovering,
- most detecting,
- more sharp eyed,
- most observative,
- most comprehending,
- more sharp-eyed,
- sharp eyed,
- most contemplating,
- most questioning,
- more observative.
- philosophic,
- well-advised,
- on the qui vive,
- streetwise,
- bluestocking,
- Hepper,
- having the goods,
- like a pistol,
- extensional,
- crafty,
- orphic,
- Fine-spun,
- holding water,
- up to it,
- insighted,
- matter of fact,
- sane,
- Acroamatic,
- hep,
- heads up,
- advertent,
- there,
- strong,
- fast on the draw,
- Retiary,
- resourceful,
- having fancy footwork,
- Intentive,
- precocious,
- nimble-witted,
- able,
- like a one-man band,
- having the right stuff,
- unpolluted,
- up to snuff,
- cerebral,
- well-organized,
- percipient,
- clever,
- on toes,
- knowledgeable,
- clear-sighted,
- cognitive,
- Inferable,
- rational,
- tricky,
- wide-awake,
- penetrative,
- capable,
- knows what's what,
- cunning,
- ear to the ground,
- knowing the score,
- shining at,
- quick on trigger,
- sensible,
- educated,
- sage,
- Witted,
- Deviceful,
- having all one's marbles,
- juridicious,
- oldtimer,
- mentally stable,
- fireball,
- smart as a whip,
- Observative,
- all ears,
- sharp-sighted,
- cultured,
- Trainable,
- equal to,
- not missing a trick,
- intellectual,
- quick-thinking,
- humanistic,
- good hands,
- switched on,
- no dummy,
- on one's toes,
- ingenious,
- worldly wise,
- astute,
- quick on the trigger,
- on the ball,
- on the job,
- well-versed,
- know one's onions,
- well-reasoned,
- well-thought-out,
- consequent,
- blue-stocking,
- bookish,
- thinking,
- liberalistic,
- calculating,
- distingue,
- on the stick,
- in the know,
- apt,
- well thought out,
- all there,
- in right mind,
- psyched up,
- knowing,
- on the lookout,
- savvy,
- crazy like fox,
- know backwards and forwards,
- discreet,
- clearsighted,
- alert,
- profound,
- broadminded,
- sharp-eyed,
- hairline,
- tuned in,
- up to speed,
- talented,
- quick on the draw,
- having know-how,
- insightful,
- canny,
- libertarian,
- unbigoted,
- deductive,
- has what it takes,
- sagacious,
- quick-witted,
- having a knack,
- quick on the uptake,
- sharp as a tack.
- more orphic,
- more acroamatic,
- pro-found,
- most acroamatic,
- hermetic,
- pro founder,
- pro-founder,
- pro found,
- most orphic.
- most sharp sighted,
- more sharp sighted,
- more sharp-sighted,
- most sharpsighted,
- more sharpsighted,
- sharpsighted,
- quick witted,
- most sharp-sighted,
- sharp sighted,
- quickwitted.
- more cognitive,
- most cognitive,
- most reasoning,
- most deductive,
- more reasoning,
- more deductive,
- far sighted.
- of sound mind,
- having all marbles,
- both oars in water,
- playing with full deck,
- oriented,
- in one's right mind.
- having all ones marbles,
- having ones marbles,
- more wellreasoned,
- most well reasoned,
- having all one marbles,
- more well-thought-out,
- most wellreasoned,
- most well-thought-out,
- more well thought out,
- most well-reasoned,
- well reasoned,
- more well reasoned,
- having one marbles,
- more well-reasoned,
- wellreasoned,
- most well thought out,
- having one's marbles.
n.
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- active,
- asynchronous,
- backward-compatible,
- clickable,
- best-of-breed,
- farsighted,
- Antivirus,
- bursty,
- compatibility,
- compatible,
- case-sensitive.
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- ability.
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- Sharp-witted.
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- reason.
- innate,
- natural,
- reasonable,
- scintillating,
- born,
- ready,
- sound,
- sophisticated,
- prehensile,
- sharp,
- trenchant,
- nimble,
- keen,
- quick,
- well-informed,
- searching,
- levelheaded.
v.
• discriminating (verb) • Other relevant words: (verb)Other synonyms:
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•
- intuitive,
- receptive,
- pointy-headed,
- sapient,
- donnish,
- observant,
- literate,
- rapier,
- original,
- owlish,
- reflective,
- academic,
- lively,
- inquiring,
- imaginative,
- razor-sharp,
- inquisitive,
- perceptive.
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- luminous,
- penetrating.
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- vacant.
- endure,
- Educable,
- achieve,
- provide,
- valid,
- practical,
- salubrious,
- detain,
- strong-minded,
- brilliancy,
- convey,
- cleverness,
- effulgent,
- fine,
- realise,
- conceptual,
- qualified,
- brightness,
- accomplish,
- dawn,
- timely,
- pass through,
- felicitous,
- careful,
- internal,
- swift,
- illumined,
- guarded,
- open-eyed,
- slow-witted,
- realistic,
- prepared,
- fit,
- strive,
- conceptive,
- exceptional,
- instant,
- spry,
- well-balanced,
- goodly,
- down-to-earth,
- arch,
- judicious,
- establish,
- motivated,
- celebrate,
- discriminating,
- moldable,
- learner,
- facile,
- provident,
- attain,
- Recommendable,
- supersmart,
- order,
- deep,
- advanced,
- discursive,
- piercing,
- command,
- coruscating,
- expeditious,
- Ready-witted,
- creative,
- day,
- quickly,
- enlightened,
- au fait,
- appercipient,
- meditative,
- advised,
- together,
- vigilant,
- sober,
- Yare,
- bring,
- apropos,
- fulfill,
- legal,
- contain,
- versatile,
- responsible,
- formable,
- lambent,
- well-read,
- become aware of,
- constitution,
- politic,
- wag,
- well-grounded,
- eyesight,
- respectable,
- wit,
- Argute,
- philosophical,
- common sense,
- daybreak,
- pupil,
- good,
- flash,
- obtain,
- cognisant,
- decree,
- lighted,
- watchful,
- apperceptive,
- teachable,
- hefty,
- responsive,
- mental,
- needlelike,
- dignity,
- interpret,
- calculated,
- comprise,
- clarify,
- ordinance,
- thorough,
- tidy,
- have,
- whiz,
- calculative,
- spiritual,
- go ahead,
- well-educated,
- spiky,
- read,
- wittiness,
- noetic,
- alive to,
- apprehensive,
- arrive at,
- reasoned,
- student,
- susceptible,
- smartness,
- scholar,
- edict,
- willing,
- hold,
- germane,
- fulgurating,
- discriminative,
- be aroused,
- heavy,
- assert,
- sensitive,
- humor,
- prudent,
- trained,
- pensive,
- instructed,
- proper,
- fast,
- notify,
- contemplative,
- mindful,
- studious,
- prickly,
- all-knowing,
- pliable,
- Daedalian,
- seemly,
- mature,
- impressionable,
- masterful,
- understand,
- perspicuous,
- straightaway,
- docile,
- knowledgable,
- aware,
- promoting health,
- street smart,
- judgmatic,
- circumspect,
- composition,
- commonsensical,
- skilled,
- accomplished,
- law,
- effectual,
- taught,
- wakeless,
- level-headed,
- prove,
- sheer,
- diplomatic,
- cogitative,
- talking,
- cultivated,
- alive,
- artist,
- beamy,
- sizeable,
- Apprehending,
- get,
- ultrasmart,
- Noological,
- acute,
- cute,
- literary,
- goodish,
- thoughtful,
- capacity,
- endowed,
- inform,
- adhere,
- observe,
- long-headed,
- ratiocinative,
- Psychologic,
- attentive,
- hyperintelligent,
- expedient,
- advisable,
- Keen-witted,
- rule,
- scientist,
- happy,
- dexterous,
- skilful,
- far-sighted,
- subjective,
- sizable,
- statute,
- bear,
- knifelike,
- conversant,
- acquire,
- plastic,
- tactful,
- breakneck,
- considered,
- schooled,
- Clear-headed,
- malleable,
- ideational,
- gain,
- awake,
- mentality,
- healthful,
- wisdom,
- intelligible,
- deliver,
- lofty,
- realize,
- psychic.
How to use "Intelligent" in context?
Since modern technology has become pervasive, people often use the word "intelligent" to describe things that are capable of performing complex tasks. But what does the word really mean? Merriam-Webster defines intelligence as "the power of understanding and able to develop plans and carry them out." This definition is broad enough to encompass a variety of abilities and qualities, but it is also descriptive enough to provide a good starting point for our discussion.
IQ is often cited as the measure of intelligence and is thought to be the most accurate indicator of intelligence.
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Equivalence
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Foreign word
smart.
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Interjection
smart.
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Verb, 3rd person singular present
smart.
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Verb, base form
smart.
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Foreign word
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Independent
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Adjective
advanced, bright, brilliant, cunning, efficient, enlightened, eye-catching, innovative, meaningful, prudent, sentient, shrewd, skilful, slim, sophisticated, sound, thoughtful, unwise, thought-out, common-sense.
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Noun, plural
games, Brains, institutions.
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Noun, singular or mass
termite.
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Adverb
wisely.
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Adjective
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Other Related
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Adjective
astute, discerning, ingenious, judicious, reasonable.
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Proper noun, singular
intelligently.
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Noun, singular or mass
sensibility.
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Adverb
intelligently.
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Adjective
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