English word
Smart
Definitions
adjective
- having or showing a high degree of mental ability : intelligent, bright
- marked by often sharp, forceful activity or vigorous strength
- brisk entry 1, spirited
- causing a sharp stinging
- witty, clever
- rude or impolite in a bold and disrespectful wayinformal
- neat entry 1, trim entry 2
- stylish or elegant in dress or appearance
- appealing to sophisticated tastes : characteristic of or patronized by fashionable society
- able to be altered in course during flight : being a guided missileof a weapon
- operating by automation
- using a built-in microprocessor for automatic operation, for processing of data, or for achieving greater versatility
Synonyms for smart
Closest evidence-backed alternatives.
- astute
- bright
- brilliant
- clever
- cunning
- experienced
- hardheaded
- heady
- intelligent
- keen
- knowing
- quick
- savvy
- sharp
- shrewd
- veteran
- wise
- able
- academic
- accomplished
Synonyms by context
Possessing intelligence and quickness of mind
adjective
- brainy
- precocious
Dressed in a stylish or presentable manner
adjective
- groomed
- presentable
- stylish
- suave
- dapper
- dashing
- debonair
- dressy
- elegant
- fashionable
To feel physical pain, usually a sharp or stinging sensation
verb
- ache
- hurt
- sting
- throb
- chafe
- prickle
- tingle
- burn
- pain
- prick
To feel emotionally upset
verb
- seethe
- fume
- stew
- fret
- be agitated
- be troubled
- be upset
- feel aggrieved
- feel annoyed
- feel hurt
To experience, or cause to experience, a slight prickling or stinging sensation
verb
- itch
- tickle
- creep
- have goosebumps
- have gooseflesh
A sharp and quick pain or sting
noun
- smarting
- twinge
- pang
- smartness
- stitch
- throe
- burning sensation
- acute pain
- shoot
Antonyms for smart
- addle-brained
- airheaded
- benevolent
- birdbrained
- blockheaded
- blockish
- blunt
- blunted
- bonehead
- boneheaded
- boring
- bovine
- brain-dead
- brainless
- bubbleheaded
- calm
- chowderheaded
- chuckleheaded
- clueless
- clumsy
Opposite of possessing intelligence and quickness of mind
Opposite of dressed in a stylish or presentable manner
- disheveled
- dishevelled
- shabby
- unkempt
- scruffy
- bedraggled
- sloppy
- slovenly
- unfashionable
- unstylish
(of clothes) Opposite of fashionable or stylish
- dated
- defunct
- old-fashioned
- outdated
- outmoded
- unchic
- uncool
- untrendy
Opposite of to feel physical pain, usually a sharp or stinging sensation
- soothe
- relieve
- alleviate
- allay
- mollify
- palliate
- assuage
- mitigate
- aid
- lessen
Opposite of to feel emotionally upset
- get over
- rise above
- come to terms with
- conquer
- face up to
- surmount
Opposite of a sharp and quick pain or sting
- comfort
- relief
- mollification
- soothing
- alleviation
- assuagement
- calming
- relaxation
- ease
- easiness
Opposite of a sudden, sharp localized pain
- advantage
- blessing
- good fortune
Opposite of a sudden sharp pain or painful emotion
- benefit
- cheer
- happiness
- health
- joy
- pleasure
- tingle
Phrases
- a dab hand at
- advanced for one's age
- a hand at
- ahead of one's peers
- all around
- all there
- au courant
- au fait
- big league
- book smart
- bright-eyed and bushy-tailed
- capable of learning
- class act
- clued up
- cut out for
- exceptionally good
- exceptionally skilled
- extraordinarily skilled
- finely honed
- finely tuned