English > intelligent: 4 senses > adjective 1| Meaning | 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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