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English Synonyms and Antonyms5.0 / 2 votes

  1. smart

    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, clever, dexterous, expert, gifted, happy, ingenious, intellectual, intelligent, keen, knowing, quick, quick-witted, sharp, skilful, talented

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. smart

    Antonyms:
    dull, heavy, aching, slow, inactive, stupid, sluggish, unready, slow-minded, unwitty, dowdy, shabby, clownish

    Synonyms:
    keen, pungent, piercing, quick, vigorous, sharp, severe, active, clever, brilliant, vivacious, witty, ready, spruce, brisk, fresh, dressy, showy

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Princeton's WordNet4.0 / 4 votes

  1. smart, smarting, smartnessadjective

    a kind of pain such as that caused by a wound or a burn or a sore

    Antonyms:
    thickheaded, dopy, lumpish, dim, mild, goosy, gormless, dopey, unstylish, jerky, loggerheaded, witless, cloddish, duncical, manual, blockheaded, boneheaded, goosey, soft-witted, slow, gaumless, thick, nitwitted, senseless, dull, duncish, backward, gooselike, dumb, unthinking, stupid, thick-skulled, foolish, yokel-like, unintelligent, dense, weak, wooden-headed, doltish, anserine, styleless, obtuse, fatheaded, lumpen

    Synonyms:
    stylishness, last word, alacrity, chichi, chicness, smartness, brightness, cleverness, chic, smarting, swank, modishness, briskness

  2. smartadjective

    showing mental alertness and calculation and resourcefulness

    Antonyms:
    slow, blockheaded, dim, doltish, dull, mild, duncish, styleless, gaumless, stupid, dopey, backward, weak, boneheaded, gormless, cloddish, nitwitted, goosy, manual, witless, anserine, foolish, dopy, goosey, unstylish, fatheaded, unintelligent, dense, duncical, jerky, lumpen, thick, gooselike, lumpish, unthinking, loggerheaded, dumb, senseless, wooden-headed, yokel-like, thickheaded, soft-witted, thick-skulled, obtuse

    Synonyms:
    voguish, wise, sassy, impertinent, chic, bright, saucy, overbold, fresh, impudent

  3. chic, smart, voguishadjective

    elegant and stylish

    "chic elegance"; "a smart new dress"; "a suit of voguish cut"

    Antonyms:
    boneheaded, nitwitted, thick-skulled, wooden-headed, unintelligent, dumb, soft-witted, manual, obtuse, fatheaded, unthinking, lumpish, foolish, lumpen, duncish, gormless, blockheaded, styleless, gooselike, slow, stupid, gaumless, dopy, thickheaded, goosey, jerky, cloddish, goosy, senseless, yokel-like, weak, mild, backward, unstylish, loggerheaded, dull, anserine, dopey, doltish, dim, thick, duncical, dense, witless

    Synonyms:
    trendy, voguish, wise, sassy, impertinent, chic, bright, saucy, overbold, fresh, impudent

  4. bright, smartadjective

    characterized by quickness and ease in learning

    "some children are brighter in one subject than another"; "smart children talk earlier than the average"

    Antonyms:
    obtuse, dim, goosey, thickheaded, unstylish, cloddish, thick-skulled, yokel-like, stupid, soft-witted, dopy, slow, witless, unintelligent, styleless, manual, lumpen, loggerheaded, boneheaded, dopey, duncical, foolish, duncish, fatheaded, blockheaded, goosy, weak, backward, dumb, lumpish, nitwitted, senseless, gormless, jerky, wooden-headed, mild, dull, thick, anserine, dense, gaumless, gooselike, doltish, unthinking

    Synonyms:
    shining, promising, voguish, wise, fresh, chic, brilliant, bright, lustrous, burnished, saucy, impertinent, vivid, sassy, hopeful, undimmed, overbold, impudent, shiny

  5. fresh, impertinent, impudent, overbold, smart, saucy, sassy, wiseadjective

    improperly forward or bold

    "don't be fresh with me"; "impertinent of a child to lecture a grownup"; "an impudent boy given to insulting strangers"; "Don't get wise with me!"

    Antonyms:
    obtuse, unstylish, anserine, styleless, senseless, dopey, dense, backward, foolish, cloddish, gormless, boneheaded, yokel-like, unthinking, mild, wooden-headed, fatheaded, witless, dopy, dull, lumpen, stupid, dim, slow, goosey, manual, blockheaded, unintelligent, thickheaded, jerky, gaumless, gooselike, thick-skulled, duncish, dumb, loggerheaded, soft-witted, thick, doltish, weak, lumpish, duncical, goosy, nitwitted

    Synonyms:
    invigorated, wise, flip, chic, brisk, saucy, heady, new, pert, wise(p), sassy, overbold, judicious, orthogonal, irreverent, clean, insolent, sweet, immaterial, impertinent, fresh, snotty-nosed, knowing, reinvigorated, impudent, novel, refreshing, refreshful, unused, voguish, tonic, refreshed, bracing, wise to(p), extraneous, unfermented, bright

  6. smartadjective

    painfully severe

    "he gave the dog a smart blow"

    Antonyms:
    dopey, unstylish, stupid, slow, styleless, goosy, manual, unthinking, blockheaded, lumpish, dense, wooden-headed, foolish, goosey, gormless, unintelligent, gooselike, soft-witted, dull, cloddish, senseless, thick-skulled, anserine, yokel-like, backward, mild, duncish, jerky, doltish, thickheaded, loggerheaded, lumpen, dim, fatheaded, weak, obtuse, boneheaded, nitwitted, gaumless, dopy, witless, dumb, thick, duncical

    Synonyms:
    voguish, wise, sassy, impertinent, chic, bright, saucy, overbold, fresh, impudent

  7. smartadjective

    quick and brisk

    "I gave him a smart salute"; "we walked at a smart pace"

    Antonyms:
    goosey, thickheaded, weak, dense, obtuse, dopy, thick, dull, duncical, stupid, foolish, wooden-headed, slow, gooselike, mild, jerky, thick-skulled, senseless, goosy, gaumless, backward, yokel-like, boneheaded, soft-witted, lumpen, styleless, dim, blockheaded, unthinking, lumpish, doltish, duncish, fatheaded, nitwitted, unintelligent, loggerheaded, cloddish, witless, gormless, unstylish, anserine, manual, dopey, dumb

    Synonyms:
    voguish, wise, sassy, impertinent, chic, bright, saucy, overbold, fresh, impudent

  8. smartverb

    capable of independent and apparently intelligent action

    "smart weapons"

    Antonyms:
    gaumless, duncish, gormless, boneheaded, dumb, slow, styleless, jerky, thick, dopey, nitwitted, soft-witted, foolish, stupid, manual, thick-skulled, obtuse, lumpish, dopy, unstylish, backward, goosey, unthinking, yokel-like, fatheaded, cloddish, dim, witless, doltish, dull, wooden-headed, anserine, gooselike, loggerheaded, weak, goosy, mild, thickheaded, senseless, duncical, unintelligent, blockheaded, lumpen, dense

    Synonyms:
    voguish, wise, sassy, impertinent, chic, bright, saucy, overbold, fresh, impudent

  9. ache, smart, hurtverb

    be the source of pain

    Antonyms:
    unstylish, lumpish, gormless, anserine, thick, duncish, witless, blockheaded, slow, thickheaded, jerky, dopey, fatheaded, unthinking, manual, dull, senseless, styleless, weak, unintelligent, dumb, lumpen, duncical, goosy, gooselike, stupid, doltish, dopy, goosey, obtuse, backward, gaumless, loggerheaded, yokel-like, dim, boneheaded, foolish, wooden-headed, nitwitted, soft-witted, mild, dense, cloddish, thick-skulled

    Synonyms:
    languish, hurt, wound, injure, yearn, bruise, offend, ache, suffer, pine, anguish, spite, pain, yen

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. smartadjective

    Antonyms:
    dull, inapt, dowdy, tawdry

    Synonyms:
    acute, bright, clever, apt, brilliant, gifted, talented, precocious, vigorous, energetic, forcible, fashionable, pretentious, trim, elegant, fresh, smacking, brisk, agile, nimble, lively, pungent, poignant, intense, keen

  2. smartverb

    Synonyms:
    sting, prick, suffer

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD0.0 / 0 votes

  1. SMaRT

    Synonyms:
    Spliceosome-mediated RNA trans-splicing

Editors Contribution0.0 / 0 votes

  1. stupid

    Submitted by anonymous on December 7, 2020  
  2. stupidity

    Submitted by anonymous on April 19, 2020  

How to use smart in a sentence?

  1. Ron Wyden:

    Disclosing that information may not have been required by law. My view is, it would have been a smart exercise of judgment. Certainly if you want to eliminate any question about appearances, you can sell the properties off.

  2. Jim Bognet:

    Ted Cruz is a tough, relentless campaigner, however, to make a Texas analogy, Cruz won a big upset in the Big 12 championship game. But now he is in the NFL, and those guys are fast, big and smart, and they hit really hard.

  3. Greg Doll:

    It was a good deal for my side and a smart deal for his side.

  4. Donald Trump:

    I just want to pick somebody that’s solid, who’s smart. I’m not looking for an attack dog. Frankly, I’m looking for somebody that really understands what we’re talking about, i would rather be talking about policy … not talking about ‘Crooked Hillary.’.

  5. Janet Bodnar:

    It sounds like a smart marketing move because Disney wants to make it easy for people to visit the parks, and it also looks like a smart move for people who want to take their families on Disney vacation.

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#2207smart
#2901slow
#4775stupid
#4800thick
#4981weak
#8164mild
#9389dim
#9564dumb
#9770dense
#10506inactive
#12026backward
#13293dull
#14614ignorant
#16072foolish
#17452awkward
#25249shabby
#28776clumsy
#29806sluggish
#30769jerky
#31723aching
#35057senseless
#38606idiotic
#56643obtuse
#73830dopey
#75681dowdy
#99058unthinking
#101823witless
#104497unintelligent
#108120bungling
#154115lumpen
#175362goosey
#175874unready
#204792boneheaded
#237471clownish
#253082gormless

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