Thesaurus:intelligent

Thesaurus

intelligent

English

Adjective

Sense: having intelligence, having a large capacity for thought

Synonyms

• astute
• brainy
• bright
• brilliant
• clever
• educated
• genius    [⇒ thesaurus]
• gifted
• ingenious
• intellectual    [⇒ thesaurus]
• intelligent
• keen
• knowledgeable
• piquant
• quick
• quick-witted
• rational
• sagacious
• savvy
• scholared
• sharp
• smart
• talented
• whip-smart
• wise    [⇒ thesaurus]

Antonyms

• brainless
• dumb
• foolish    [⇒ thesaurus]
• idiotic
• imbecile
• insensible
• lowbrow
• mindless
• stupid    [⇒ thesaurus]
• unintelligent
• witless

Hyponyms

• overclever

See also

• Thesaurus:intelligence
• Thesaurus:learned
• Thesaurus:wily
• Thesaurus:witty
• Thesaurus:wise

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.

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