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Synonyms for apt
æptapt
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
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, talentedAntonyms:
awkward, bungling, clumsy, dull, foolish, idiotic, ignorant, senseless, slow, stupid, thick-headed, witless
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Princeton's WordNet
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"
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disinclined, unintelligent, unlikely, stupid, malaproposapt(p), liable(p)adjective
at risk of or subject to experiencing something usually unpleasant
"he is apt to lose"; "she is liable to forget"
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unlikely, malapropos, disinclined, stupid, unintelligentapt, 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, pertinentAntonyms:
malapropos, unintelligent, unlikely, stupid, disinclinedapposite, 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, pertinentAntonyms:
unintelligent, unlikely, disinclined, malapropos, stupid
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Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
aptadjective
Synonyms:
fit, relevant, appropriate, germane, applicable, felicitous, pertinent, apropos, likely, liable, clever, intelligent, bright, deftAntonyms:
inapt
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APT
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Words popularity by usage frequency
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#859 | meet | |
#934 | quick | |
#1152 | appropriate | |
#1280 | happy | |
#1292 | ready | |
#1481 | likely | |
#1931 | fit | |
#2155 | expert | |
#2207 | smart | |
#3091 | sharp | |
#3344 | qualified | |
#3378 | becoming | |
#3580 | suitable | |
#3740 | intellectual | |
#3757 | bright | |
#4264 | capable | |
#4704 | knowing | |
#4767 | intelligent | |
#5355 | app | |
#5364 | liable | |
#6394 | prompt | |
#7772 | fitting | |
#8207 | adapted | |
#8670 | talented | |
#8742 | apt | |
#9217 | keen | |
#10247 | clever | |
#12072 | gifted | |
#12770 | pertinent | |
#14739 | inclined | |
#26623 | cunning | |
#28297 | ingenious | |
#30304 | tpa | |
#52506 | skilful | |
#65400 | canny | |
#70664 | adroit | |
#80209 | ptas | |
#122314 | dexterous | |
#125956 | cagey | |
#138952 | apposite |
How to use apt in a sentence?
No company is preferable to bad, because we are more apt to catch the vices of others than their virtues, as disease is far more contagious than health.
Unlimited Power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who possess it.
Men are but children of a larger growth, Our appetites as apt to change as theirs, And full as craving too, and full as vain.
When they come downstairs from their Ivory Towers, Idealists are very apt to walk straight into the gutter.
The UN 2014 Commission of Inquiry report compared North Korea to Nazi Germany, stalin is also an apt comparison.
Translations for apt
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- склонен, възприемчив, уместен, способен, подходящBulgarian
- geneigt, passend, geeignetGerman
- κατάλληλοςGreek
- apropiado, acertado, oportuno, aptoSpanish
- omiaan, lahjakas, pystyvä, kyvykäs, sopivaFinnish
- apteFrench
- tráthúilIrish
- cooie, traaoilManx
- उपयुक्तHindi
- egna, egnetNorwegian
- fit, geneigd, gepast, passend, pienter, toepasselijk, slimDutch
- egnaNorwegian Nynorsk
- apt, potrivitRomanian
- соответствующий, склонный, способный, уместный, понятливый, подходящийRussian
- passandeSwedish
- مناسبUrdu
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