Synonyms for intelligent
ɪnˈtɛl ɪ dʒəntin·tel·li·gent

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1. intelligentadjective

   Antonyms:
   stupid

2. intelligentadjective

   Antonyms:
   stupid

3. intelligentadjective

   Antonyms:
   stupid

4. intelligentadjective

   My girlfriend and I had an intelligent conversation.

   Antonyms:
   stupid

5. intelligentadjective

   The hunt for intelligent life.

   Antonyms:
   stupid

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1. intelligent

   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.

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

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

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1. intelligentadjective

   having the capacity for thought and reason especially to a high degree

   "is there intelligent life in the universe?"; "an intelligent question"

   Synonyms:
   thinking(a), healthy, sound, levelheaded, reasoning(a), level-headed, well-informed

   Antonyms:
   naive, naif, unintelligent, unreasonable, irrational, brainless, stupid, headless

2. intelligent, well-informedadjective

   possessing sound knowledge

   "well-informed readers"

   Synonyms:
   sound, well-informed, thinking(a), healthy, reasoning(a), level-headed, levelheaded

   Antonyms:
   brainless, unintelligent, naive, naif, irrational, headless, unreasonable, stupid

3. healthy, intelligent, levelheaded, level-headed, soundadjective

   exercising or showing good judgment

   "healthy scepticism"; "a healthy fear of rattlesnakes"; "the healthy attitude of French laws"; "healthy relations between labor and management"; "an intelligent solution"; "a sound approach to the problem"; "sound advice"; "no sound explanation for his decision"

   Synonyms:
   levelheaded, reasoning(a), good, salubrious, well-informed, sizable, sound, wakeless, well-grounded, sizeable, effectual, thinking(a), hefty, profound, healthy, heavy, reasoned, legal, respectable, goodly, goodish, level-headed, tidy, good for you(p)

   Antonyms:
   unreasonable, brainless, stupid, unintelligent, naive, irrational, headless, naif

4. intelligent, reasoning(a), thinking(a)adjective

   endowed with the capacity to reason

   Antonyms:
   unreasonable, unintelligent, headless, brainless, stupid, naif, naive, irrational

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1. perceptive

   Submitted by davidb on October 6, 2019  

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1. intelligentadjective

   Synonyms:
   knowing, understanding, instructed, enlightened, skilful, skilled, clever, well-informed

2. intelligentadjective

   Synonyms:
   astute, acute, quick, bright, apt, shrewd, discerning, clear-sighted, keen-sighted, quick-sighted, sharp-sighted, sharp-witted, keen-eyed, long-headed, clear-headed

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1. intelligentadjective

   Synonyms:
   clever, discerning, astute, bright, knowing, apt, sensible

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1. List of paraphrases for "intelligent":

   smart, clever, wise, sensible, intelligently, astute, bright, smarter, brainy, termite, intelligence, lntelligent

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1. George Orwell:

   Every generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it.

2. Carsten Hamann:

   It would be very difficult for even the most caring, intelligent and well-read parent to know the names of 80-plus allergens and their synonyms, let alone compare that list of allergens to a 15-plus long ingredient list on the back of a pediatric product.

3. Julie Cochrane:

   What a crazy world we live in Trying to treat addiction as a legal problem, and trying to treat criminal misbehaviors using guns as a medical problem Beam me up, Scotty. Ain't no intelligent life down here.

4. Evelyn Beatrice Hall:

   The problem with the world is that intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence”

5. Pilar Clark:

   'zoochosis' and premature death due to captivity, particularly in the case of highly intelligent predatory animals...can't be the only option.