Thesaurus:intelligence

Thesaurus

intelligence

English

Noun

Sense: capacity of mind, especially to understand and comprehend

Synonyms

• brain    [⇒ thesaurus] (metonym)
• brains (colloquial)
• cleverness
• head    [⇒ thesaurus] (metonym)
• brightness
• intellect
• intelligence
• mind
• nous
• psyche
• reason
• smartness
• smarts (colloquial)
• wit

Antonyms

• fatuity
• hebetude
• idiocy
• imbecility
• stolidity
• stupidity

Holonyms

• faculty    [⇒ thesaurus]

Various

People by intelligence

• genius    [⇒ thesaurus]
• idiot    [⇒ thesaurus]

Adjectives for intelligence

• intelligent    [⇒ thesaurus]
• weak-minded    [⇒ thesaurus]
• stupid    [⇒ thesaurus]

See also

• Thesaurus:intellectual
• Thesaurus:intelligent
• Thesaurus:genius
• Thesaurus:wisdom
• Thesaurus:witty

Further reading

• Wiktionary:Roget Thesaurus Classification

  Class IV. Words Relating to the Intellectual Faculties

  Division I. Formation of Ideas

  Section V. Results Of Reasoning

  498. “intelligence” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.

• “intelligence” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.