Synonyms for intelligence
ɪnˈtɛl ɪ dʒənsin·tel·li·gence

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1. intelligencenoun

   Capacity of mind, especially to understand principles, truths, facts or meanings, acquire knowledge, and apply it to practice; the ability to learn and comprehend.

   Synonyms:
   intellect, wit, brightness

2. intelligencenoun

   An entity that has such capacities.

   Synonyms:
   intellect, brightness, wit

3. intelligencenoun

   Information, usually secret, about the enemy or about hostile activities.

   Synonyms:
   wit, intellect, brightness

4. intelligencenoun

   A political or military department, agency or unit designed to gather information, usually secret, about the enemy or about hostile activities.

   Synonyms:
   brightness, intellect, wit

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1. intelligence

   Knowledge is all that the mind knows, from whatever source derived or obtained, or by whatever process; the aggregate of facts, truths, or principles acquired or retained by the mind, including alike the intuitions native to the mind and all that has been learned respecting phenomena, causes, laws, principles, literature, etc. There is a tendency to regard knowledge as accurate and systematic, and to a certain degree complete. Information is knowledge of fact, real or supposed, derived from persons, books, or observation, and is regarded as casual and haphazard. We say of a studious man that he has a great store of knowledge, or of an intelligent man of the world, that he has a fund of varied information. Lore is used only in poetic or elevated style, for accumulated knowledge, as of a people or age, or in a more limited sense for learning or erudition. We speak of perception of external objects, apprehension of intellectual truth. Simple perception gives a limited knowledge of external objects, merely as such; the cognition of the same objects is a knowledge of them in some relation; cognizance is the formal or official recognition of something as an object of knowledge; we take cognizance of it. Intuition is primary knowledge antecedent to all teaching or reasoning, experience is knowledge that has entered directly into one's own life; as, a child's experience that fire will burn. Learning is much higher than information, being preeminently wide and systematic knowledge, the result of long, assiduous study; erudition is recondite learning secured only by extraordinary industry, opportunity, and ability. Compare ACQUAINTANCE; EDUCATION; SCIENCE; WISDOM.

   Synonyms:
   acquaintance, apprehension, cognition, cognizance, comprehension, erudition, experience, information, intuition, knowledge, learning, light, lore, perception, recognition, scholarship, science, wisdom

   Antonyms:
   ignorance, illiteracy, inexperience, misapprehension, misconception, misunderstanding, rudeness, unfamiliarity

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1. intelligence

   Synonyms:
   understanding, apprehension, comprehension, conception, announcement, report, rumor, tidings, news, information, publication, intellectual capacity, mind, knowledge, advice, notice, instruction, intellect

   Antonyms:
   misunderstanding, misinformation, misconception, stupidity, dullness, suppression, ignorance, darkness, concealment, silence, nonpublication, misguidance, misintelligence, misreport, misapprehension

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. intelligencenoun

   the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience

   Synonyms:
   news, intelligence agency, intelligence service, intelligence information, word, intelligence activity, tidings, intelligence operation

   Antonyms:
   stupidity

2. intelligence, intelligence service, intelligence agencynoun

   a unit responsible for gathering and interpreting information about an enemy

   Synonyms:
   news, intelligence agency, intelligence service, intelligence information, word, intelligence activity, tidings, intelligence operation

   Antonyms:
   stupidity

3. intelligence, intelligence informationnoun

   secret information about an enemy (or potential enemy)

   "we sent out planes to gather intelligence on their radar coverage"

   Synonyms:
   news, intelligence agency, intelligence service, intelligence information, word, intelligence activity, tidings, intelligence operation

   Antonyms:
   stupidity

4. news, intelligence, tidings, wordnoun

   information about recent and important events

   "they awaited news of the outcome"

   Synonyms:
   password, news program, intelligence service, intelligence activity, give-and-take, news show, news, tidings, countersign, watchword, discussion, word of honor, newsworthiness, intelligence agency, word, intelligence operation, parole, intelligence information

   Antonyms:
   stupidity

5. intelligence, intelligence activity, intelligence operationnoun

   the operation of gathering information about an enemy

   Synonyms:
   news, intelligence agency, intelligence service, intelligence information, word, intelligence activity, tidings, intelligence operation

   Antonyms:
   stupidity

Matched Categories

1. • Ability
   • Administrative Unit
   • Information
   • Information Gathering

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. intelligencenoun

   Synonyms:
   information, knowledge, acquired knowledge

2. intelligencenoun

   Synonyms:
   news, tidings, advice, notice, notification, instruction

3. intelligencenoun

   Synonyms:
   spirit, spiritual being

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1. intelligencenoun

   Synonyms:
   knowledge, discernment, insight, acumen

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1. List of paraphrases for "intelligence":

   information, intelligences, intellect, mukhabarat, intelligentsia, wisdom, intelligent, spy, secret, understanding, cia

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1. John Feal:

   You can't cherry pick and choose when you want to be a conservative, fiscal hawk, that's just insulting to our intelligence, and shame on Rand Paul -- Rand Paul lack humanity, Rand Paul lack leadership.

2. Susan Wojcicki:

   We have virtual war rooms to make sure that we have all the right people. We can make those decisions very quickly. We have people who are scouting the internet. We have an intelligence desk, we will have the full set of information and everyone ready to make sure that we are making the right calls.

3. Adam Schiff:

   The new bulletin from the DHS Office of Intelligence and Analysis underscores two concerning facts : First, as the Intelligence Community confirmed last month, Russia is once again seeking to interfere in our elections and sow distrust in our democratic process. And second, among the range of measures it is pursuing, Russia is echoing destructive and false narratives around vote by mail that President Donald Trump and Donald Trump enablers, including Attorney General Attorney General Bill Barr, have been aggressively promoting, this bulletin further demonstrates why the ODNI's cancelation of in-person briefings on election security for Congress is so dangerous — Congress must be able to directly question and engage with the intelligence community professionals with the responsibility for protecting President Trump and his enablers elections from foreign interference.

4. Alex Garland:

   It just means you’ve got to be careful and broadly speaking I think if we were able to create strong A.I.s I think Artificial Intelligence would probably be Artificial Intelligence.

5. Adam Schiff:

   I don’t think we can exclude the possibility without knowing more of the facts, we have asked for an assessment in the intelligence community of the Mar-a-Lago documents. I think we ought to get that same assessment of the documents found in the [Penn Biden Center] as well as the home of President Biden.