Synonyms for clever
ˈklɛv ərclever

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1. cleveradjective

   Synonyms:
   quick-witted, sharp-witted

   Antonyms:
   dull, stupid

2. cleveradjective

   Antonyms:
   naive, ineffectual

3. cleveradjective

   Antonyms:
   clumsy

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1. clever

   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, 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. clever

   Synonyms:
   able, ready, talented, quick, ingenious, dexterous, adroit, expert, gifted, quick-witted, skillful, well-contrived

   Antonyms:
   weak, dull, stupid, slow, illcontrived, doltish, uninventive, awkward, clumsy, bungling, botched

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1. cagey, cagy, canny, cleveradjective

   showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others

   "a cagey lawyer"; "too clever to be sound"

   Synonyms:
   cagey, ingenious, chary, cagy, apt, cunning, canny

   Antonyms:
   unintelligent, stupid, maladroit

2. 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), ingenious, apt(p), cagy, apt, cunning, tending(p), liable(p), canny, apposite, pertinent

   Antonyms:
   stupid, unintelligent, maladroit

3. clever, cunning, ingeniousadjective

   showing inventiveness and skill

   "a clever gadget"; "the cunning maneuvers leading to his success"; "an ingenious solution to the problem"

   Synonyms:
   tricksy, canny, cunning, cagy, slick, sly, cute, cagey, wily, apt, ingenious, knavish, crafty, guileful, dodgy, tricky, foxy

   Antonyms:
   stupid, maladroit, unintelligent

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1. smart

   to understand quickly.

   he is so smart

   Submitted by anonymous on September 22, 2020  

2. anansi

   Submitted by anonymous on November 19, 2019  

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1. cleveradjective

   Synonyms:
   dexterous, skilful, apt, handy, ready, quick, smart, expert, able

2. cleveradjective

   Synonyms:
   [U. S.] kind, benign, amiable, obliging, accommodating, well-meaning, well-disposed, good-natured, kind-hearted

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1. cleveradjective

   Synonyms:
   adroit, skillful, expert, ingenious, deft, dexterous

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1. List of paraphrases for "clever":

   smart, intelligent, ingenious, astute, malin, wise, cunning, skilful, malignant, shrewd, crafty, bright, resourceful, slim, adept, artful, sensible, brilliant, skillful

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How to use clever in a sentence?

1. David Kotok:

   This is a very clever tool, the NY Fed wants to give incentives and inducements to Berkshire, Verizon, Apple and the rest to become more economically active.

2. Qi Yifeng:

   Investors are very clever, as soon as they got the signal that regulators don't want main indexes to rise too quickly, they dump index-heavyweights but continue to play small-cap stocks.

3. Admiral James Winnefeld:

   They have not gotten as far as their clever video editors and spinmeisters would have us believe.

4. Adam Lisberg:

   Ask people who work in computer security – no matter what you come up with, some clever kid will try to find a way to defeat it, you should never look at a technological solution as a panacea for anything.

5. RAS CARDO REGGAE:

   (C)(P) IN THE COMING YEARS I PREDICT THAT MEN WILL FACE A MUCH GREATER PREDICAMENT FROM THOSE WOMEN WHO ARE ALWAYS SMARTER TO USE THEIR -IPHONES- AND TRACK THEIR EVERY MOVE OF INFIDELITY. MOST MEN ARE JUST CLEVER, BUT NOT WISE!