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, intelligent, 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, intelligent, 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. Christopher Conselice:

   Our new research suggests that searches for extraterrestrial intelligent civilizations not only reveals the existence of how life forms, but also gives us clues for how long our own civilization will last, if we find that intelligent life is common then this would reveal that our civilization could exist for much longer than a few hundred years, alternatively if we find that there are no active civilizations in our Galaxy it is a bad sign for our own long-term existence. By searching for extraterrestrial intelligent life — even if we find nothing — we are discovering our own future and fate.

2. Robert Louis Stephenson:

   The man is a success who has lived well, laughed often, and loved much who has gained the respect of intelligent men and the love of children who has filled his niche and accomplished his task who leaves the world better than he found it, whether by an improved poppy, a perfect poem, or a rescued soul who never lacked appreciation of earth's beauty or failed to express it who looked for the best in others and gave the best he had.

3. Renny Harlin:

   Fred was a sweet, funny and fiercely intelligent guy with a gentle heart -- a bear of a man who was warm and considerate towards all those around him.

4. Neil deGrasse Tyson:

   Perhaps we've never been visited by aliens because they have looked upon Earth and decided there's no sign of intelligent life.

5. Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina:

   Nothing is so necessary for a young man as the company of intelligent women.” ― Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace