English word
Clever
Definitions
adjective
- skillful or adroit in using the hands or body : nimble
- mentally quick and resourceful
- marked by wit or ingenuity
- good
- easy to use or handle
Synonyms for clever
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Synonyms by context
Cunningly resourceful
adjective
- cunning
- devious
- artful
- calculating
- conniving
- crafty
- shrewd
- canny
- savvy
- shady
Wise in personal, professional or business dealings
adjective
- enterprising
- judicious
- resourceful
- incisive
- rational
- reasonable
Antonyms for clever
Opposite of quick to understand or learn
Opposite of cunningly resourceful
- ill-advised
- ill-considered
- improvident
- thoughtless
- careless
- foolhardy
- inexpedient
- misguided
- risky
Opposite of wise in personal, professional or business dealings
- incapable
- imprudent
- injudicious
- unresourceful
- irrational
- short-sighted
- unthinking
- unwise
Phrases
- above board
- abreast of the facts
- all there
- artistically aware
- as green as grass
- at home
- au courant
- au fait
- bona fide
- book smart
- capable of learning
- clued up
- filled in
- genned up
- having a good head on one's shoulders
- having been around
- having no flies on
- having your finger on the pulse
- intellectually aware
- in the know