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. Prince Harry:

   I didn’t see that as being a staged thing. I thought it was entirely spontaneous and clever in making the two brothers talk to each other, it was a deft move that shows the Duchess is not overawed by all that’s going on.

2. Deidre Ball:

   I havent formed it yet, but I will, im in the process of doing it. Its going to be The Committee to Dismantle Trump, but Ill come up with a much more clever thing than The Committee. Im gon na throw in my own dough, ask others to put their dough in there and were going to explain to the people what hes doing.

3. 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.

4. Ramon Llamas:

   Body readiness is clever because over-exercising can be a problem and lead to injuries down the road -- and under-exercising leads to being out of shape, this provides proof to the user what their body is ready for or what it needs, taking the guesswork out of how a user is thinking about how their body is doing. It uses the user's own data to come up with a score instead of comparing to some vague and sometimes inaccurate set of information.

5. Bertrand Russell:

   Our great democracies still tend to think that a stupid man is more likely to be honest than a clever man.

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