What is another word for clever?
Synonyms for clever
ˈklɛv ərclever
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Wiktionary
cleveradjective
Synonyms:
quick-witted, sharp-wittedcleveradjective
Antonyms:
naive, ineffectualcleveradjective
Antonyms:
clumsy
English Synonyms and Antonyms
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, talentedAntonyms:
awkward, bungling, clumsy, dull, foolish, idiotic, ignorant, senseless, slow, stupid, thick-headed, witless
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
Princeton's WordNet
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, cannyAntonyms:
unintelligent, stupid, maladroitapt, 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, pertinentAntonyms:
stupid, unintelligent, maladroitclever, 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, foxyAntonyms:
stupid, maladroit, unintelligent
Editors Contribution
smart
to understand quickly.
he is so smart
anansi
Dictionary of English Synonymes
cleveradjective
Synonyms:
dexterous, skilful, apt, handy, ready, quick, smart, expert, ablecleveradjective
Synonyms:
[U. S.] kind, benign, amiable, obliging, accommodating, well-meaning, well-disposed, good-natured, kind-hearted
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#727 | able | |
#934 | quick | |
#1280 | happy | |
#1292 | ready | |
#2155 | expert | |
#2207 | smart | |
#3091 | sharp | |
#3740 | intellectual | |
#3757 | bright | |
#3996 | cute | |
#4264 | capable | |
#4704 | knowing | |
#4767 | intelligent | |
#4991 | wise | |
#6035 | brilliant | |
#6310 | slim | |
#8670 | talented | |
#8742 | apt | |
#9217 | keen | |
#10247 | clever | |
#12072 | gifted | |
#12564 | sensible | |
#12770 | pertinent | |
#15592 | malignant | |
#15835 | slick | |
#15928 | tricky | |
#20064 | adept | |
#23246 | sly | |
#25806 | crafty | |
#26623 | cunning | |
#27566 | foxy | |
#28297 | ingenious | |
#34018 | astute | |
#34606 | skillful | |
#35834 | artful | |
#36528 | dodgy | |
#39238 | resourceful | |
#44318 | shrewd | |
#46892 | malin | |
#48777 | wily | |
#52506 | skilful | |
#65400 | canny | |
#70664 | adroit | |
#122314 | dexterous | |
#125956 | cagey | |
#138952 | apposite | |
#178624 | chary |
How to use clever in a sentence?
I like it, it's clever. 9-9-9. It's fun, you ought to get some sort of toll-free number. You dial 9-9-9, you get a free pizza.
Clever people seem not to feel the natural pleasure of bewilderment, and are always answering questions when the chief relish of a life is to go on asking them.
The ancestors of T. rex would have looked a whole lot like Timurlengia, a horse-sized hunter with a big brain and keen hearing that would put us to shame, only after these ancestral tyrannosaurs evolved their clever brains and sharp senses did they grow into the colossal sizes of T. rex. Tyrannosaurs had to get smart before they got big.
Tostitos remains the biggest brand ... and it all started in the mid-1970s as a way to offer a more authentic alternative than Doritos, through clever marketing, they took over the tortilla chip business.
To succeed in the world, it is much more necessary to possess the penetration to discern who is a fool, than to discover who is a clever man.
Translations for clever
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- slimAfrikaans
- ذكيArabic
- ağıllıAzerbaijani
- аҡыллыBashkir
- разумныBelarusian
- изобретателен, способен, сръчен, умен, изкусен, даровитBulgarian
- চতুরBengali
- llestCatalan, Valencian
- chytrýCzech
- smart, kvik, klog, snild, raskDanish
- gescheit, erfinderisch, geistreich, klug, findig, patent, einfallsreich, schlau, originell, cleverGerman
- έξυπνοςGreek
- spritaEsperanto
- original, ingenioso, talentoso, ágil, astuto, listo, pillo, hábil, inteligenteSpanish
- nutikasEstonian
- زیرک, باهوش, زرنگPersian
- nokkela, kätevä, fiksuFinnish
- malin, agile, adroit, intelligent, adroite, habile, ingénieux, talentueuxFrench
- clisteIrish
- glic, tapaidhScottish Gaelic
- פיקחHebrew
- होशियार, चतुरHindi
- ügyes, eszes, okosHungarian
- խելացի, խելոքArmenian
- pintarIndonesian
- snjallIcelandic
- intelligenteItalian
- חכםHebrew
- 頭がいい, 利口, 賢い, うまいJapanese
- ჭკვიანიGeorgian
- ақылдыKazakh
- ឆ្លាតKhmer
- 영리한, 영리하다, 똑똑하다, 똑똑한Korean
- زیرهکKurdish
- эстүү, акылдууKyrgyz
- sapiens, callidusLatin
- ສລາດLao
- protingasLithuanian
- gudrsLatvian
- уменMacedonian
- ухаантайMongolian
- pandaiMalay
- အကြံပိုင်, လျင်, ပါးလျား, ဉာဏ်ကောင်းBurmese
- slim, scherpzinnig, kloek, knapDutch
- klok, smart, begavet, skarpsindig, intelligentNorwegian
- zmyślny, bystry, sprytnyPolish
- hábil, esperto, engenhosoPortuguese
- deștept, inteligentRomanian
- изобретательный, искусный, даровитый, ловкий, хитрый, умелый, умный, способный, разумный, умнаяRussian
- паметан, pametanSerbo-Croatian
- දක්ෂ, හපන්Sinhala, Sinhalese
- chytrýSlovak
- pametenSlovene
- i zgjuarAlbanian
- klok, smart, duktigSwedish
- erevuSwahili
- புத்திசாலிTamil
- మేధావి, మంత్రజాలం, తెలివైనTelugu
- оқил, боақлTajik
- ฉลาดThai
- akyllyTurkmen
- zeki, akıllıTurkish
- акыллыTatar
- розумнийUkrainian
- ہوشیارUrdu
- aqlli, oqilUzbek
- thông minh, 聰明, tài giỏiVietnamese
- malén, adroete, sûti, adroet, malene, capåbe, abeye, sûteye, subtile, adjete, subtilWalloon
- קלוגYiddish
- 聪明Chinese
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