What are some opposite words for smartness?
Antonyms for smartnesssmart·ness
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term smartness.
English Synonyms and Antonyms
smartness
Liveliness and sprightliness are pleasant and commendable; smartness is a limited and showy acuteness or shrewdness, usually with unfavorable suggestion; pertness and sauciness are these qualities overdone, and regardless of the respect due to superiors. Impertinence and impudence may be gross and stupid; pertness and sauciness are always vivid and keen. Compare IMPUDENCE.
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bashfulness, demureness, diffidence, humility, modesty, shynessSynonyms:
boldness, briskness, flippancy, forwardness, impertinence, impudence, liveliness, pertness, sauciness, sprightliness
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Princeton's WordNet
smart, smarting, smartnessnoun
a kind of pain such as that caused by a wound or a burn or a sore
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smart, stylishness, last word, alacrity, chichi, chicness, brightness, cleverness, chic, smarting, swank, modishness, brisknessbrightness, cleverness, smartnessnoun
intelligence as manifested in being quick and witty
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swank, smart, ingenuity, chichi, alacrity, brightness level, chic, last word, briskness, inventiveness, luminosity, cleverness, stylishness, smarting, luminousness, luminance, light, brightness, chicness, modishness, ingeniousnesschic, chicness, chichi, modishness, smartness, stylishness, swank, last wordnoun
elegance by virtue of being fashionable
Synonyms:
smart, stylishness, last word, alacrity, chichi, chicness, brightness, cleverness, chic, smarting, swank, modishness, brisknessalacrity, briskness, smartnessnoun
liveliness and eagerness
"he accepted with alacrity"; "the smartness of the pace soon exhausted him"
Synonyms:
smart, stylishness, alacrity, chichi, chicness, last word, brightness, briskness, chic, smarting, swank, modishness, cleverness
How to use smartness in a sentence?
Smartness runs in my family. When I went to school I was so smart my teacher was in my class for five years.
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#22457 | humility | |
#33716 | modesty | |
#50191 | shyness | |
#174555 | diffidence | |
#185705 | smartness | |
#281008 | bashfulness |
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