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English adjective: intelligent | |||
| 1. | intelligent having the capacity for thought and reason especially to a high degree | ||
| Samples | Is there intelligent life in the universe?. An intelligent question. | ||
| Similar | agile, apt, born, brainy, bright, brilliant, clever, innate, natural, nimble, prehensile, quick, ready, scintillating, searching, smart, smart as a whip, trenchant | ||
| See also | precocious, smart | ||
| Attribute | intelligence | ||
| Antonyms | unintelligent, stupid | ||
| 2. | intelligent possessing sound knowledge | ||
| Samples | Well-informed readers. | ||
| Synonyms | well-informed | ||
| Similar | sophisticated | ||
| Antonyms | naif, naive | ||
| 3. | intelligent exercising or showing good judgment | ||
| Samples | Healthy scepticism. A healthy fear of rattlesnakes. The healthy attitude of French laws. Healthy relations between labor and management. An intelligent solution. A sound approach to the problem. Sound advice. No sound explanation for his decision. | ||
| Synonyms | healthy, level-headed, levelheaded, sound | ||
| Similar | reasonable, sensible | ||
| Antonyms | unreasonable | ||
| 4. | intelligent endowed with the capacity to reason | ||
| Synonyms | reasoning, thinking | ||
| Similar | rational | ||
| Antonyms | irrational | ||
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