Antonyms for clever
ˈklɛv ərclever

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1. cleveradjective

   Antonyms:
   dull, stupid

   Synonyms:
   quick-witted, sharp-witted

2. cleveradjective

   Antonyms:
   naive, ineffectual

3. cleveradjective

   Antonyms:
   clumsy

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.5 / 2 votes

1. clever

   Clever, as used in England, especially implies an aptitude for study or learning, and for excellent tho not preeminent mental achievement. The early New England usage as implying simple and weak good nature has largely affected the use of the word throughout the United States, where it has never been much in favor. Smart, indicating dashing ability, is now coming to have a suggestion of unscrupulousness, similar to that of the word sharp, which makes its use a doubtful compliment. The discriminating use of such words as able, gifted, talented, etc., is greatly preferable to an excessive use of the word clever. Compare ACUMEN; ASTUTE; POWER.

   Antonyms:
   awkward, bungling, clumsy, dull, foolish, idiotic, ignorant, senseless, slow, stupid, thick-headed, witless

   Synonyms:
   able, adroit, apt, bright, capable, dexterous, expert, gifted, happy, ingenious, intellectual, intelligent, keen, knowing, quick, quick-witted, sharp, skilful, smart, talented

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. clever

   Antonyms:
   weak, dull, stupid, slow, illcontrived, doltish, uninventive, awkward, clumsy, bungling, botched

   Synonyms:
   able, ready, talented, quick, ingenious, dexterous, adroit, expert, gifted, quick-witted, skillful, well-contrived

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:4.5 / 2 votes

1. cagey, cagy, canny, cleveradjective

   showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others

   "a cagey lawyer"; "too clever to be sound"

   Antonyms:
   unintelligent, stupid, maladroit

   Synonyms:
   cagey, ingenious, chary, cagy, apt, cunning, canny

2. apt, cleveradjective

   mentally quick and resourceful

   "an apt pupil"; "you are a clever man...you reason well and your wit is bold"-Bram Stoker

   Antonyms:
   stupid, unintelligent, maladroit

   Synonyms:
   disposed(p), minded(p), cagey, given(p), ingenious, apt(p), cagy, apt, cunning, tending(p), liable(p), canny, apposite, pertinent

3. clever, cunning, ingeniousadjective

   showing inventiveness and skill

   "a clever gadget"; "the cunning maneuvers leading to his success"; "an ingenious solution to the problem"

   Antonyms:
   stupid, maladroit, unintelligent

   Synonyms:
   tricksy, canny, cunning, cagy, slick, sly, cute, cagey, wily, apt, ingenious, knavish, crafty, guileful, dodgy, tricky, foxy

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1. cleveradjective

   Synonyms:
   adroit, skillful, expert, ingenious, deft, dexterous

How to use clever in a sentence?

1. Jeff Tjornehoj:

   If you are 100 percent long or 100 percent short, you are likely to end up nowhere, but with a clever manager and the right strategy, you can edge some gains from this seesaw market.

2. Easton Wren:

   He was a very clever man, he had lots of charisma and the combination of technical capability with the charismatic personality enabled him to do well in the business here.

3. David Siegel:

   One of the big causes for the stagnation of middle class wages is essentially because of clever computer programs.

4. Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoi:

   I know that most men -- not only those considered clever, but even those who are very clever and capable of understanding most difficult scientific, mathematical, or philosophic, problems - can seldom discern even the simplest and most obvious truth if it be such as obliges them to admit the falsity of conclusions they have formed, perhaps with much difficulty -- conclusions of which they are proud, which they have taught to others, and on which they have built their lives.

5. Chilson Foy:

   Once a clever reporter read that paper, they kind of instantly put two and two together, and said, 'It's clear that you're either Patient One or Two, and the other one is Patient Three,' i admitted as much, and of course, after that, it kind of went crazy.

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