English > intelligence: 5 senses > noun 1, cognition| Meaning | The ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience. |
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| Attributes | intelligent | Having the capacity for thought and reason especially to a high degree |
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| unintelligent, stupid | lacking intelligence |
| Narrower | acuteness, acuity, sharpness, keenness | A quick and penetrating intelligence |
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| brain, brainpower, learning ability, mental capacity, mentality, wit | mental ability |
| breadth, comprehensiveness, largeness | The capacity to understand a broad range of topics |
| brightness, cleverness, smartness | intelligence as manifested in being quick and witty |
| brilliance, genius | unusual mental ability |
| mental quickness, quickness, quick-wittedness | intelligence as revealed by an ability to give correct responses without delay |
| mind, intellect | knowledge and intellectual ability |
| nimbleness, mental dexterity | intelligence as revealed by quickness and alertness of mind |
| nonverbal intelligence | intelligence that is manifested in the performance of tasks requiring little or no use of language |
| precociousness, precocity | intelligence achieved far ahead of normal developmental schedules |
| shrewdness, astuteness, perspicacity, perspicaciousness | intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings) |
| verbal intelligence | intelligence in the use and comprehension of language |
| wits, marbles | The basic human power of intelligent thought and perception |
| Broader | ability, power | possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done |
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| Opposite | stupidity | A poor ability to understand or to profit from experience |
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| Spanish | inteligencia |
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| Catalan | intel·ligència, llestesa |
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| Adjectives | intelligent | having the capacity for thought and reason especially to a high degree |
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| intelligent | endowed with the capacity to reason |
