What are some alternative words for intelligence?
Synonyms for intelligence
ɪnˈtɛl ɪ dʒəns
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Princeton's WordNet
intelligence(noun)
the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience
Synonyms:
news, intelligence agency, intelligence service, intelligence information, word, intelligence activity, tidings, intelligence operationAntonyms:
stupidityintelligence, intelligence service, intelligence agency(noun)
a unit responsible for gathering and interpreting information about an enemy
Synonyms:
news, intelligence agency, intelligence service, intelligence information, word, intelligence activity, tidings, intelligence operationAntonyms:
stupidityintelligence, intelligence information(noun)
secret information about an enemy (or potential enemy)
"we sent out planes to gather intelligence on their radar coverage"
Synonyms:
news, intelligence agency, intelligence service, intelligence information, word, intelligence activity, tidings, intelligence operationAntonyms:
stupiditynews, intelligence, tidings, word(noun)
information about recent and important events
"they awaited news of the outcome"
Synonyms:
password, news program, intelligence service, intelligence activity, give-and-take, news show, news, tidings, countersign, watchword, discussion, word of honor, newsworthiness, intelligence agency, word, intelligence operation, parole, intelligence informationAntonyms:
stupidityintelligence, intelligence activity, intelligence operation(noun)
the operation of gathering information about an enemy
Synonyms:
news, intelligence agency, intelligence service, intelligence information, word, intelligence activity, tidings, intelligence operationAntonyms:
stupidity
Wiktionary
intelligence(noun)
Capacity of mind, especially to understand principles, truths, facts or meanings, acquire knowledge, and apply it to practice; the ability to learn and comprehend.
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intellect, wit, brightnessintelligence(noun)
An entity that has such capacities.
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intellect, brightness, witintelligence(noun)
Information, usually secret, about the enemy or about hostile activities.
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wit, intellect, brightnessintelligence(noun)
A political or military department, agency or unit designed to gather information, usually secret, about the enemy or about hostile activities.
Synonyms:
brightness, intellect, wit
English Synonyms and Antonyms
intelligence
Knowledge is all that the mind knows, from whatever source derived or obtained, or by whatever process; the aggregate of facts, truths, or principles acquired or retained by the mind, including alike the intuitions native to the mind and all that has been learned respecting phenomena, causes, laws, principles, literature, etc. There is a tendency to regard knowledge as accurate and systematic, and to a certain degree complete. Information is knowledge of fact, real or supposed, derived from persons, books, or observation, and is regarded as casual and haphazard. We say of a studious man that he has a great store of knowledge, or of an intelligent man of the world, that he has a fund of varied information. Lore is used only in poetic or elevated style, for accumulated knowledge, as of a people or age, or in a more limited sense for learning or erudition. We speak of perception of external objects, apprehension of intellectual truth. Simple perception gives a limited knowledge of external objects, merely as such; the cognition of the same objects is a knowledge of them in some relation; cognizance is the formal or official recognition of something as an object of knowledge; we take cognizance of it. Intuition is primary knowledge antecedent to all teaching or reasoning, experience is knowledge that has entered directly into one's own life; as, a child's experience that fire will burn. Learning is much higher than information, being preeminently wide and systematic knowledge, the result of long, assiduous study; erudition is recondite learning secured only by extraordinary industry, opportunity, and ability. Compare ACQUAINTANCE; EDUCATION; SCIENCE; WISDOM.
Synonyms:
acquaintance, apprehension, cognition, cognizance, comprehension, erudition, experience, information, intuition, knowledge, learning, light, lore, perception, recognition, scholarship, science, wisdomAntonyms:
ignorance, illiteracy, inexperience, misapprehension, misconception, misunderstanding, rudeness, unfamiliarity
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
intelligence
Synonyms:
understanding, apprehension, comprehension, conception, announcement, report, rumor, tidings, news, information, publication, intellectual capacity, mind, knowledge, advice, notice, instruction, intellectAntonyms:
misunderstanding, misinformation, misconception, stupidity, dullness, suppression, ignorance, darkness, concealment, silence, nonpublication, misguidance, misintelligence, misreport, misapprehension
Dictionary of English Synonymes
intelligence(n.)
Synonyms:
information, knowledge, acquired knowledgeintelligence(n.)
Synonyms:
news, tidings, advice, notice, notification, instructionintelligence(n.)
Synonyms:
spirit, spiritual being
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
intelligence(n)
Synonyms:
knowledge, discernment, insight, acumen
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "intelligence":
information, intelligences, intellect, mukhabarat, intelligentsia, wisdom, intelligent, spy, secret, understanding, cia
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#49 | information | |
#59 | news | |
#224 | report | |
#440 | science | |
#566 | experience | |
#586 | password | |
#613 | light | |
#670 | learning | |
#689 | notice | |
#703 | discussion | |
#810 | word | |
#897 | knowledge | |
#1074 | mind | |
#1124 | advice | |
#1492 | publication | |
#1670 | understanding | |
#2526 | intelligence | |
#2600 | secret | |
#3075 | instruction | |
#3426 | recognition | |
#3680 | spy | |
#4767 | intelligent | |
#4827 | announcement | |
#4896 | scholarship | |
#5174 | wisdom | |
#7094 | perception | |
#7755 | cia | |
#9873 | wit | |
#11898 | brightness | |
#12211 | conception | |
#14182 | comprehension | |
#15042 | parole | |
#15520 | rumor | |
#17428 | cognition | |
#18268 | lore | |
#18811 | intuition | |
#19073 | intellect | |
#22164 | acquaintance | |
#30578 | apprehension | |
#39552 | tidings | |
#53829 | intelligences | |
#69268 | intelligentsia | |
#78546 | cognizance | |
#94742 | erudition | |
#108357 | watchword | |
#208298 | countersign | |
#269284 | mukhabarat | |
#273422 | newsworthiness |
How to use intelligence in a sentence?
It has yet to be proven that intelligence has any survival value.
What's important for these emerging EV companies ... is the potential change in customer experience, if they can transform the way the car fits into our lives, creation of an entire ecosystem enabled by fast mobile internet connectivity, location-based intelligence ... will be critical.
I will be happy when the appropriate time comes and in front of the proper committees and anybody else, through history and every -- I will stand by the intelligence I saw, that it was compelling, it was imminent, and it was very, very clear in scale, scope, did it exactly say who, what, when, where ? No, but he was planning, coordinating and synchronizing significant combat operations against Army Gen. Mark Milley military forces in the region and it was imminent.
In my decades of law enforcement I ca n’t remember a single case where we had such good( intelligence).
Candidate Trump , by contrast:
I have great confidence in my intelligence people, but I will tell you that Russian President Vladimir Putin was extremely strong and powerful in Russian President Vladimir Putin denial today.
Translations for intelligence
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- معلومات, ذكاء, جهاز المخابراتArabic
- аҡылBashkir
- llestesa, seny, intel·ligènciaCatalan, Valencian
- inteligence, rozvědka, zpravodajská službaCzech
- efterretninger, intelligens, efterretningstjenesteDanish
- Sicherheitsdienst, Geheimdienstinformationen, intelligentes Leben, Nachrichtendienst, Geheimdienst, IntelligenzGerman
- υπηρεσία πληροφοριών, πληροφορία, ευφυΐα, νοημοσύνηGreek
- inteligento, inteligentecoEsperanto
- inteligenciaSpanish
- luureandmed, haritlane, luure, arukusEstonian
- هوشPersian
- sotilastiedustelu, tiedustelutieto, älykkyys, älyFinnish
- fregnartænasta, vitFaroese
- intelligence, renseignementsFrench
- מודיעין, שכל, אגף המודיעין, אינטליגנציהHebrew
- बुद्धिHindi
- hírszerzés, intelligenciaHungarian
- խելք, բանականությունArmenian
- inteligentesoIdo
- greindIcelandic
- intelligenzaItalian
- 情報機関, 情報, 知力Japanese
- 지혜, 이해력, 情報, 정보Korean
- ingenium, nūntius, intelligentiaLatin
- inteligencijaLithuanian
- gudrība, saprātsLatvian
- интелиге́нција, разузна́вање, разузна́вачка слу́жбаMacedonian
- оюун ухаанMongolian
- inlichtingendienst, inlichting, intelligentie, wezenDutch
- intelligensNorwegian
- inteligencja, wywiadPolish
- inteligênciaPortuguese
- inteligență, judecatăRomanian
- интеллиге́нция, интеллиге́нтность, интелле́кт, разве́дка, све́дения, разве́дывательные да́нные, разведда́нныеRussian
- प्रज्ञाSanskrit
- inteligencija, obavještajna službaSerbo-Croatian
- obveščevalna služba, inteligencaSlovene
- zbulimitAlbanian
- underrättelse, underrättelsetjänst, intelligensSwedish
- మేధస్సుTelugu
- ปรีชา, สมอง, เมธาThai
- istihbarat, akıllı yaşam, istihbarat teşkilatı, zekâTurkish
- розві́дкаUkrainian
- שׂכלYiddish
- 情报Chinese
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