| ADJECTIVE | all | smart | showing mental alertness and calculation and resourcefulness |
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| all | smart, chic, voguish | elegant and stylish | |
| all | smart, bright | characterized by quickness and ease in learning | |
| all | smart, fresh, impertinent, impudent, overbold, saucy, sassy, wise | improperly forward or bold | |
| all | smart | painfully severe | |
| all | smart | quick and brisk | |
| all | smart | capable of independent and apparently intelligent action | |
| VERB | perception | smart, ache, hurt | be the source of pain |
| NOUN | state | smart, smarting, smartness | a kind of pain such as that caused by a wound / wound or a burn or a sore |
| Sounds | smaa'rt | |
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| Rhymes | apart ... upstart: 37 rhymes with aart... | |
| Meaning | showing mental alertness and calculation and resourcefulness. | |
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| Narrower | astute, sharp, shrewd | marked by practical hardheaded intelligence |
| cagey, cagy, canny, clever | showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others | |
| streetwise, street smart, with-it | Having the shrewd resourcefulness / resourcefulness needed to survive in an urban environment | |
| See also | intelligent | Having the capacity for thought and reason especially to a high degree |
| Opposite | stupid | lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity |
| Spanish | listo | |
| Catalan | espavilat, llest | |
| Nouns | smartness | intelligence as manifested in being quick and witty |
| Meaning | Elegant and stylish. | |
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| Example | "a smart new dress" | |
| Synonyms | chic, voguish | |
| Broader | stylish, fashionable | Having elegance or taste or refinement in manners or dress |
| Spanish | chic, elegante | |
| Catalan | elegant | |
| Nouns | smartness | elegance by virtue of being fashionable |
| Adverbs | smartly | in a stylish manner |
| Meaning | Characterized by quickness and ease in learning. | |
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| Example | "smart children talk earlier than the average" | |
| Synonym | bright | |
| Broader | intelligent | Having the capacity for thought and reason especially to a high degree |
| Spanish | despavilado, despierto, desvelado, espavilado, listo, sagaz, vivo | |
| Catalan | brillant, despert, desvetllat, espavilat, viu | |
| Nouns | smartness | intelligence as manifested in being quick and witty |
| Meaning | improperly forward or bold. | |
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| Synonyms | fresh, impertinent, impudent, overbold, saucy, sassy, wise | |
| Broader | forward | Used of temperament or behavior |
| Spanish | descarado, fresco, impertinente, impudente, insolente, irrespetuosa, irrespetuoso | |
| Catalan | descarat, fresc, impertinent, impudent, insolent | |
| Meaning | painfully severe. | |
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| Example | "he gave the dog a smart blow" | |
| Broader | intense | Possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree |
| Spanish | alto, elegante | |
| Nouns | smart, smartness | a kind of pain such as that caused by a wound / wound or a burn or a sore |
| Meaning | Quick and brisk. | |
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| Broader | fast | Acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly |
| Spanish | alto, elegante | |
| Nouns | smartness | liveliness and eagerness |
| Meaning | capable of independent and apparently intelligent action. | |
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| Example | "smart weapons" | |
| Broader | automatic | operating with minimal human intervention |
| Spanish | alto, elegante | |
| Meaning | A kind of pain such as that caused by a wound / wound or a burn or a sore. | |
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| Synonyms | smarting, smartness | |
| Broader | pain, hurting | A symptom of some physical hurt or disorder |
| Spanish | escocedura, escozor, picazón | |
| Catalan | coïssor, picor | |
| Adjectives | smart | painfully severe |
| Verbs | smart | be the source of pain |
| Meaning | Be the source of pain. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody's (body part) ----s | |
| Model | Did his feet smart? | |
| Synonyms | ache, hurt | |
| Caused by | hurt | Give trouble or pain to |
| Narrower | act up | make itself felt as a recurring pain |
| bite, sting, burn | Cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort | |
| burn | Feel hot or painful | |
| hunger | Feel the need to eat | |
| itch | Have or perceive an itch | |
| shoot | Cause a sharp and sudden pain in | |
| thirst | Feel the need to drink | |
| throb | pulsate or pound with abnormal force | |
| Broader | cause to be perceived | Have perceptible qualities |
| Spanish | doler, escocer | |
| Catalan | coure, fer mal, picar, pruir | |
| Nouns | smart, smarting | a kind of pain such as that caused by a wound / wound or a burn or a sore |
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