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Synonyms for intelligent
adj very smart- astute
- brainy
- bright
- brilliant
- creative
- imaginative
- inventive
- knowledgeable
- original
- perceptive
- rational
- resourceful
- smart
- well-informed
- wise
- able
- acute
- alert
- alive
- all there
- apt
- calculating
- capable
- clever
- comprehending
- deep
- discerning
- enlightened
- exceptional
- highbrow
- ingenious
- instructed
- keen
- knowing
- penetrating
- perspicacious
- profound
- quick
- quick-witted
- ready
- reasonable
- responsible
- sage
- sharp
- thinking
- together
- understanding
- whiz
- witty
Antonyms for intelligent
- dark
- dull
- ignorant
- normal
- old
- stupid
- typical
- unaware
- uncreative
- uneducated
- unimaginative
- unintelligent
- uninventive
- unreasonable
- unresourceful
- worn
- foolish
- idiotic
- imbecile
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.
More words related to intelligent
able
adjective. able to perform well; having a proven capacity
- accomplished
- adroit
- agile
- artful
- au fait
- brilliant
- capable
- clever
- deft
- dexterous
- effective
- effectual
- efficient
- equal to
- experienced
- expert
- facile
- gifted
- ingenious
- intelligent
- keen
- know backwards and forwards
- know one's onions
- know the ropes
- learned
- masterful
- masterly
- powerful
- practiced
- prepared
- proficient
- qualified
- responsible
- savvy
- sharp
- skilled
- skillful
- smart
- talented
- there
- trained
- up to it
- up to snuff
- up to speed
- with it
ablest
adjective. able to perform well; having a proven capacity
- accomplished
- adroit
- agile
- artful
- au fait
- brilliant
- capable
- clever
- deft
- dexterous
- effective
- effectual
- efficient
- equal to
- experienced
- expert
- facile
- gifted
- ingenious
- intelligent
- keen
- know backwards and forwards
- know one's onions
- know the ropes
- learned
- masterful
- masterly
- powerful
- practiced
- prepared
- proficient
- qualified
- responsible
- savvy
- sharp
- skilled
- skillful
- smart
- talented
- there
- trained
- up to it
- up to snuff
- up to speed
- with it
alert
adjective. attentive, lively
apt
adjective. quick to learn
astute
adjective. perceptive
bookish
adjective. scholarly
calculating
adjective. scheming to manipulate
canny
adjective. clever, artful
- able
- acute
- adroit
- astute
- cagey
- careful
- cautious
- circumspect
- cunning
- dexterous
- discreet
- foxy
- frugal
- having fancy footwork
- hep
- ingenious
- intelligent
- judicious
- knowing
- nimble-witted
- perspicacious
- prudent
- quick
- quick-witted
- sagacious
- shrewd
- skillful
- slick
- slippery
- sly
- smart
- smooth
- street smart
- streetwise
- subtle
- wary
- watchful
- wise
- with it
- worldly-wise
capable
adjective. able to perform
- able
- accomplished
- adapted
- adept
- adequate
- apt
- au fait
- clever
- competent
- dynamite
- efficient
- experienced
- fireball
- fitted
- gifted
- good
- green thumb
- has what it takes
- having know-how
- having the goods
- having the right stuff
- intelligent
- knowing the ropes
- knowing the score
- like a one-man band
- like a pistol
- masterly
- old hand
- old-timer
- on the ball
- proficient
- proper
- qualified
- skillful
- suited
- talented
- there
- up
- up to it
- up to snuff
- up to speed
- veteran
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.