Synonyms for apt
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1. apt

   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, bright, capable, clever, dexterous, expert, gifted, happy, ingenious, intellectual, intelligent, 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. apt

   Synonyms:
   fit, apposite, clever, meet, liable, becoming, appropriate, ready, fitting, suitable, pertinent, qualified, prompt, adapted, likely

   Antonyms:
   unfitted, ill-timed, awkward, unlikely, inapt

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1. apt(p), disposed(p), given(p), minded(p), tending(p)adjective

   (usually followed by `to') naturally disposed toward

   "he is apt to ignore matters he considers unimportant"; "I am not minded to answer any questions"

   Antonyms:
   disinclined, unintelligent, unlikely, stupid, malapropos

2. apt(p), liable(p)adjective

   at risk of or subject to experiencing something usually unpleasant

   "he is apt to lose"; "she is liable to forget"

   Antonyms:
   unlikely, malapropos, disinclined, stupid, unintelligent

3. apt, cleveradjective

   mentally quick and resourceful

   "an apt pupil"; "you are a clever man...you reason well and your wit is bold"-Bram Stoker

   Synonyms:
   disposed(p), minded(p), cagey, given(p), clever, ingenious, apt(p), cagy, cunning, tending(p), liable(p), canny, apposite, pertinent

   Antonyms:
   malapropos, unintelligent, unlikely, stupid, disinclined

4. apposite, apt, pertinentadjective

   being of striking appropriateness and pertinence

   "the successful copywriter is a master of apposite and evocative verbal images"; "an apt reply"

   Synonyms:
   disposed(p), minded(p), given(p), clever, apt(p), tending(p), liable(p), apposite, pertinent

   Antonyms:
   unintelligent, unlikely, disinclined, malapropos, stupid

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1. aptadjective

   Synonyms:
   apposite, pertinent, suitable, fit, fitting, meet, befitting, germane, applicable, appropriate, APROPOS, to the point, to the purpose

2. aptadjective

   Synonyms:
   inclined, liable, prone, disposed

3. aptadjective

   Synonyms:
   quick, sharp, ready, prompt, expert, dexterous, able, clever, happy, adroit, handy, skilful

4. aptadjective

   Synonyms:
   docile, teachable

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1. aptadjective

   Synonyms:
   fit, relevant, appropriate, germane, applicable, felicitous, pertinent, apropos, likely, liable, clever, intelligent, bright, deft

   Antonyms:
   inapt

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1. List of paraphrases for "apt":

   tpa, ptas, likely, app, inclined

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1. APT

   Synonyms:
   Anatomical Pathology Technician
   

2. APT

   Synonyms:
   AntiPlatelet Trialists

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1. P. G. Wodehouse:

   Boyhood, like measles, is one of those complaints which a man should catch young and have done with, for when it comes in middle life it is apt to be serious.

2. Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling:

   Jenny replied to this with a bitterness which might have surprized a judicious person, who had observed the tranquillity with which she bore all the affronts to her chastity; but her patience was perhaps tired out, for this is a virtue which is very apt to be fatigued by exercise.

3. B. C. Forbes:

   Any business arrangement that is not profitable to the other person will in the end prove unprofitable for you. The bargain that yields mutual satisfaction is the only one that is apt to be repeated.

4. Bertrand Russell:

   Advocates of capitalism are very apt to appeal to the sacred principles of liberty, which are embodied in one maxim: The fortunate must not be restrained in the exercise of tyranny over the unfortunate.

5. Nicholas Murray Butler:

   Businesses planned for service are apt to succeed businesses planned for profit are apt to fail.