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Antonyms for smart
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
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, witlessSynonyms:
able, adroit, apt, bright, capable, clever, dexterous, expert, gifted, happy, ingenious, intellectual, intelligent, keen, knowing, quick, quick-witted, sharp, skilful, talented
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Princeton's WordNet
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, lumpenSynonyms:
stylishness, last word, alacrity, chichi, chicness, smartness, brightness, cleverness, chic, smarting, swank, modishness, brisknesssmartadjective
showing mental alertness and calculation and resourcefulness
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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, obtuseSynonyms:
voguish, wise, sassy, impertinent, chic, bright, saucy, overbold, fresh, impudentchic, smart, voguishadjective
elegant and stylish
"chic elegance"; "a smart new dress"; "a suit of voguish cut"
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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, witlessSynonyms:
trendy, voguish, wise, sassy, impertinent, chic, bright, saucy, overbold, fresh, impudentbright, smartadjective
characterized by quickness and ease in learning
"some children are brighter in one subject than another"; "smart children talk earlier than the average"
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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, unthinkingSynonyms:
shining, promising, voguish, wise, fresh, chic, brilliant, bright, lustrous, burnished, saucy, impertinent, vivid, sassy, hopeful, undimmed, overbold, impudent, shinyfresh, 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!"
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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, nitwittedSynonyms:
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, brightsmartadjective
painfully severe
"he gave the dog a smart blow"
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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, duncicalSynonyms:
voguish, wise, sassy, impertinent, chic, bright, saucy, overbold, fresh, impudentsmartadjective
quick and brisk
"I gave him a smart salute"; "we walked at a smart pace"
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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, dumbSynonyms:
voguish, wise, sassy, impertinent, chic, bright, saucy, overbold, fresh, impudentsmartverb
capable of independent and apparently intelligent action
"smart weapons"
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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, denseSynonyms:
voguish, wise, sassy, impertinent, chic, bright, saucy, overbold, fresh, impudentache, 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-skulledSynonyms:
languish, hurt, wound, injure, yearn, bruise, offend, ache, suffer, pine, anguish, spite, pain, yen
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD
SMaRT
Synonyms:
Spliceosome-mediated RNA trans-splicing
Editors Contribution
stupid
stupidity
How to use smart in a sentence?
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.
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.
It was a good deal for my side and a smart deal for his side.
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.’.
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.
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#1661 | manual | |
#2145 | heavy | |
#2207 | smart | |
#2901 | slow | |
#4775 | stupid | |
#4800 | thick | |
#4981 | weak | |
#8164 | mild | |
#9389 | dim | |
#9564 | dumb | |
#9770 | dense | |
#10506 | inactive | |
#12026 | backward | |
#13293 | dull | |
#14614 | ignorant | |
#16072 | foolish | |
#17452 | awkward | |
#25249 | shabby | |
#28776 | clumsy | |
#29806 | sluggish | |
#30769 | jerky | |
#31723 | aching | |
#35057 | senseless | |
#38606 | idiotic | |
#56643 | obtuse | |
#73830 | dopey | |
#75681 | dowdy | |
#99058 | unthinking | |
#101823 | witless | |
#104497 | unintelligent | |
#108120 | bungling | |
#154115 | lumpen | |
#175362 | goosey | |
#175874 | unready | |
#204792 | boneheaded | |
#237471 | clownish | |
#253082 | gormless |
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