English > intelligent: 4 senses > adjective 1Meaning | Having the capacity for thought and reason especially to a high degree. |
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Examples | - "is there intelligent life in the universe?"
- "an intelligent question"
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Attribute of | intelligence | The ability to comprehend |
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Narrower | agile, nimble | mentally quick |
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apt, clever | mentally quick and resourceful |
brainy, brilliant, smart as a whip | Having or marked by unusual and impressive intelligence |
bright, smart | Characterized by quickness and ease in learning |
natural, born, innate | talented through inherited qualities |
prehensile | Having a keen intellect |
quick, ready | apprehending and responding with speed and sensitivity / sensitivity |
scintillating | brilliantly clever |
searching, trenchant | Having keenness and forcefulness and penetration in thought, expression, or intellect |
See also | precocious | Characterized by or characteristic of exceptionally early development or maturity (especially in mental aptitude) |
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smart | showing mental alertness and calculation and resourcefulness |
Opposite | unintelligent, stupid | lacking intelligence |
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Spanish | inteligente |
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Catalan | intel·ligent |
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Nouns | intelligence | the ability to comprehend |
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Adverbs | intelligently | in an intelligent manner |
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