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Antonyms for intelligent
ɪnˈtɛl ɪ dʒəntin·tel·li·gent
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
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.
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, keen, knowing, quick, quick-witted, sharp, skilful, smart, talented
Princeton's WordNet
intelligentadjective
having the capacity for thought and reason especially to a high degree
"is there intelligent life in the universe?"; "an intelligent question"
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naive, naif, unintelligent, unreasonable, irrational, brainless, stupid, headlessSynonyms:
thinking(a), healthy, sound, levelheaded, reasoning(a), level-headed, well-informedintelligent, well-informedadjective
possessing sound knowledge
"well-informed readers"
Antonyms:
brainless, unintelligent, naive, naif, irrational, headless, unreasonable, stupidSynonyms:
sound, well-informed, thinking(a), healthy, reasoning(a), level-headed, levelheadedhealthy, 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"
Antonyms:
unreasonable, brainless, stupid, unintelligent, naive, irrational, headless, naifSynonyms:
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)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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unresourceful
Submitted by davidb on October 6, 2019
How to use intelligent in a sentence?
We've no use for intellectuals in this outfit. What we need is chimpanzees. Let me give you a word of advice: never say a word to us about being intelligent. We will think for you, my friend. Don't forget it.
We have a number of patients like him, luckily that number is beginning to increase over time as we become more intelligent about the way that we treat these tumors.
This economy has been damaged through no fault of anyone, but to get this economy back up again and running, we are going to need an intelligent stimulus bill from Washington.
Efficiency is intelligent laziness.
Nobody spoke in the van. I didn't speak. I was pissed. I was pissed at Beto ORourke, I was pissed at the world, I was pissed at that question. I was pissed that we were even having this conversation -- like, how in the world could we be asking ourselves these questions as civilized, intelligent human beings, who report the news, make the news, El Paso in which O'Rourke know, report on the policy, make the policy ? Why are we even asking, is Donald Trump racist ? Did Donald Trump have something to do with this ? Could Donald Trump make this better ? i think I was mostly mad at El Paso in which O'Rourke : Why have I not been able to figure this out ? And why have I not been able to make these connections more clear ? Why have we not been able to change this ?
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#2901 | slow | |
#4767 | intelligent | |
#4775 | stupid | |
#13293 | dull | |
#14614 | ignorant | |
#16024 | unreasonable | |
#16072 | foolish | |
#17452 | awkward | |
#18407 | naive | |
#22275 | irrational | |
#28776 | clumsy | |
#35057 | senseless | |
#38606 | idiotic | |
#43404 | headless | |
#83519 | brainless | |
#101823 | witless | |
#104497 | unintelligent | |
#108120 | bungling | |
#113772 | naif |
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