English word
Intelligent
Definitions
adjective
- having or indicating a high or satisfactory degree of intelligence and mental capacity
- revealing or reflecting good judgment or sound thought : skillful
- possessing intelligence
- guided or directed by intellect : rational
- guided or controlled by a computer
- smart sense 7c compare dumb sense 7especially
- able to produce printed material from digital signals
Synonyms for intelligent
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Synonyms by context
Having or showing a reasonable or high level of intellect
adjective
- acute
- alert
- astute
- penetrating
Possessing insight
adjective
- insightful
- intuitive
- perceptive
- visionary
- prescient
- discerning
- imaginative
Clever in surreptitious behavior
adjective
- cunning
- conniving
- devious
- artful
- crafty
- shady
- shifty
- sly
Intellectuals or highly educated people as a group
noun
- intelligentsia
- intellectuals
- highbrows
- academics
- scholars
- literati
- cognoscenti
- eggheads
- illuminati
- bluestockings
Antonyms for intelligent
- ignorant
- stupid
- foolish
- illiterate
- uneducated
Opposite of having or showing a reasonable or high level of intellect
Opposite of possessing insight
- uninspired
- unimaginative
- unoriginal
- uncreative
- uninventive
- unresourceful
- unaware
- uninformed
- unskilful
- clumsy
Opposite of clever in surreptitious behavior
- naive
- simple
- guileless
- gullible
- unsophisticated
- childlike
- green
- simpleminded
- unsuspecting
Opposite of intellectuals or highly educated people as a group
- masses
Phrases
- advanced for one's age
- ahead of one's peers
- all ears
- all there
- artistically aware
- at home
- au courant
- au fait
- been around
- book smart
- bright-eyed and bushy-tailed
- capable of feeling
- capable of learning
- class act
- clued up
- fast on the draw
- finely honed
- full of insight
- genned up
- good hands