more intelligent

ADJECTIVE

very smart

Synonyms

STRONGEST

astute brainy bright brilliant creative imaginative inventive knowledgeable original perceptive rational resourceful smart well-informed wise

WEAK

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

STRONGEST

dark dull ignorant normal old stupid typical unaware uncreative uneducated unimaginative unintelligent uninventive unreasonable unresourceful worn

WEAK

foolish idiotic imbecile

Example Sentences

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Through the Fathom purchase and other acquisitions, “we believe these capabilities will operate seamlessly within neighborhoods across the country, enabling us to serve homeowners in more intelligent, connected and meaningful ways.”

From Barron's • Jun. 17, 2026

I want to be surrounded by people who are more intelligent than I am.

From MarketWatch • May 6, 2026

It’s not that these people were more intelligent than the others in the study.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

If robots are to become more sophisticated, they will have to have more efficient, more precise and more intelligent actuators.

From BBC • Feb. 5, 2026

What can you do, thought Winston, against the lunatic who is more intelligent than yourself, who gives your arguments a fair hearing and then simply persists in his lunacy?

From "1984" by George Orwell