Synonyms for smart
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English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 2 votes

1. smart

   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, intelligent, keen, knowing, quick, quick-witted, sharp, skilful, talented

   Antonyms:
   awkward, bungling, clumsy, dull, foolish, idiotic, ignorant, senseless, slow, stupid, thick-headed, witless

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. smart

   Synonyms:
   keen, pungent, piercing, quick, vigorous, sharp, severe, active, clever, brilliant, vivacious, witty, ready, spruce, brisk, fresh, dressy, showy

   Antonyms:
   dull, heavy, aching, slow, inactive, stupid, sluggish, unready, slow-minded, unwitty, dowdy, shabby, clownish

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:4.0 / 4 votes

1. smart, smarting, smartnessadjective

   a kind of pain such as that caused by a wound or a burn or a sore

   Synonyms:
   stylishness, last word, alacrity, chichi, chicness, smartness, brightness, cleverness, chic, smarting, swank, modishness, briskness

   Antonyms:
   thickheaded, dopy, lumpish, dim, mild, goosy, gormless, dopey, unstylish, jerky, loggerheaded, witless, cloddish, duncical, manual, blockheaded, boneheaded, goosey, soft-witted, slow, gaumless, thick, nitwitted, senseless, dull, duncish, backward, gooselike, dumb, unthinking, stupid, thick-skulled, foolish, yokel-like, unintelligent, dense, weak, wooden-headed, doltish, anserine, styleless, obtuse, fatheaded, lumpen

2. smartadjective

   showing mental alertness and calculation and resourcefulness

   Synonyms:
   voguish, wise, sassy, impertinent, chic, bright, saucy, overbold, fresh, impudent

   Antonyms:
   slow, blockheaded, dim, doltish, dull, mild, duncish, styleless, gaumless, stupid, dopey, backward, weak, boneheaded, gormless, cloddish, nitwitted, goosy, manual, witless, anserine, foolish, dopy, goosey, unstylish, fatheaded, unintelligent, dense, duncical, jerky, lumpen, thick, gooselike, lumpish, unthinking, loggerheaded, dumb, senseless, wooden-headed, yokel-like, thickheaded, soft-witted, thick-skulled, obtuse

3. chic, smart, voguishadjective

   elegant and stylish

   "chic elegance"; "a smart new dress"; "a suit of voguish cut"

   Synonyms:
   trendy, voguish, wise, sassy, impertinent, chic, bright, saucy, overbold, fresh, impudent

   Antonyms:
   boneheaded, nitwitted, thick-skulled, wooden-headed, unintelligent, dumb, soft-witted, manual, obtuse, fatheaded, unthinking, lumpish, foolish, lumpen, duncish, gormless, blockheaded, styleless, gooselike, slow, stupid, gaumless, dopy, thickheaded, goosey, jerky, cloddish, goosy, senseless, yokel-like, weak, mild, backward, unstylish, loggerheaded, dull, anserine, dopey, doltish, dim, thick, duncical, dense, witless

4. bright, smartadjective

   characterized by quickness and ease in learning

   "some children are brighter in one subject than another"; "smart children talk earlier than the average"

   Synonyms:
   shining, promising, voguish, wise, fresh, chic, brilliant, bright, lustrous, burnished, saucy, impertinent, vivid, sassy, hopeful, undimmed, overbold, impudent, shiny

   Antonyms:
   obtuse, dim, goosey, thickheaded, unstylish, cloddish, thick-skulled, yokel-like, stupid, soft-witted, dopy, slow, witless, unintelligent, styleless, manual, lumpen, loggerheaded, boneheaded, dopey, duncical, foolish, duncish, fatheaded, blockheaded, goosy, weak, backward, dumb, lumpish, nitwitted, senseless, gormless, jerky, wooden-headed, mild, dull, thick, anserine, dense, gaumless, gooselike, doltish, unthinking

5. fresh, impertinent, impudent, overbold, smart, saucy, sassy, wiseadjective

   improperly forward or bold

   "don't be fresh with me"; "impertinent of a child to lecture a grownup"; "an impudent boy given to insulting strangers"; "Don't get wise with me!"

   Synonyms:
   invigorated, wise, flip, chic, brisk, saucy, heady, new, pert, wise(p), sassy, overbold, judicious, orthogonal, irreverent, clean, insolent, sweet, immaterial, impertinent, fresh, snotty-nosed, knowing, reinvigorated, impudent, novel, refreshing, refreshful, unused, voguish, tonic, refreshed, bracing, wise to(p), extraneous, unfermented, bright

   Antonyms:
   obtuse, unstylish, anserine, styleless, senseless, dopey, dense, backward, foolish, cloddish, gormless, boneheaded, yokel-like, unthinking, mild, wooden-headed, fatheaded, witless, dopy, dull, lumpen, stupid, dim, slow, goosey, manual, blockheaded, unintelligent, thickheaded, jerky, gaumless, gooselike, thick-skulled, duncish, dumb, loggerheaded, soft-witted, thick, doltish, weak, lumpish, duncical, goosy, nitwitted

6. smartadjective

   painfully severe

   "he gave the dog a smart blow"

   Synonyms:
   voguish, wise, sassy, impertinent, chic, bright, saucy, overbold, fresh, impudent

   Antonyms:
   dopey, unstylish, stupid, slow, styleless, goosy, manual, unthinking, blockheaded, lumpish, dense, wooden-headed, foolish, goosey, gormless, unintelligent, gooselike, soft-witted, dull, cloddish, senseless, thick-skulled, anserine, yokel-like, backward, mild, duncish, jerky, doltish, thickheaded, loggerheaded, lumpen, dim, fatheaded, weak, obtuse, boneheaded, nitwitted, gaumless, dopy, witless, dumb, thick, duncical

7. smartadjective

   quick and brisk

   "I gave him a smart salute"; "we walked at a smart pace"

   Synonyms:
   voguish, wise, sassy, impertinent, chic, bright, saucy, overbold, fresh, impudent

   Antonyms:
   goosey, thickheaded, weak, dense, obtuse, dopy, thick, dull, duncical, stupid, foolish, wooden-headed, slow, gooselike, mild, jerky, thick-skulled, senseless, goosy, gaumless, backward, yokel-like, boneheaded, soft-witted, lumpen, styleless, dim, blockheaded, unthinking, lumpish, doltish, duncish, fatheaded, nitwitted, unintelligent, loggerheaded, cloddish, witless, gormless, unstylish, anserine, manual, dopey, dumb

8. smartverb

   capable of independent and apparently intelligent action

   "smart weapons"

   Synonyms:
   voguish, wise, sassy, impertinent, chic, bright, saucy, overbold, fresh, impudent

   Antonyms:
   gaumless, duncish, gormless, boneheaded, dumb, slow, styleless, jerky, thick, dopey, nitwitted, soft-witted, foolish, stupid, manual, thick-skulled, obtuse, lumpish, dopy, unstylish, backward, goosey, unthinking, yokel-like, fatheaded, cloddish, dim, witless, doltish, dull, wooden-headed, anserine, gooselike, loggerheaded, weak, goosy, mild, thickheaded, senseless, duncical, unintelligent, blockheaded, lumpen, dense

9. ache, smart, hurtverb

   be the source of pain

   Synonyms:
   languish, hurt, wound, injure, yearn, bruise, offend, ache, suffer, pine, anguish, spite, pain, yen

   Antonyms:
   unstylish, lumpish, gormless, anserine, thick, duncish, witless, blockheaded, slow, thickheaded, jerky, dopey, fatheaded, unthinking, manual, dull, senseless, styleless, weak, unintelligent, dumb, lumpen, duncical, goosy, gooselike, stupid, doltish, dopy, goosey, obtuse, backward, gaumless, loggerheaded, yokel-like, dim, boneheaded, foolish, wooden-headed, nitwitted, soft-witted, mild, dense, cloddish, thick-skulled

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Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. brianna

   if you have the brianna symptoms you must head to the hospital!

   "i think i have the brianna cause i have all the symptoms!"

   Submitted by rinat on September 3, 2019  

2. clever

   to understand quickly.

   he is so smart

   Submitted by anonymous on September 22, 2020  

3. confuddled

   when you know things/stuff

   Submitted by rinat on August 28, 2019  

4. smot

   not smart but talk back like they inteligent

   Submitted by anonymous on December 28, 2020  

5. tiana

   this is true because our teacher taught us it in high school

   "she is definitely a tiana"

   Submitted by Tiana.whittingham on January 11, 2021  

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1. smartnoun

   Synonyms:
   pungent or sharp pain, lancinating pain

2. smartverb

   Synonyms:
   feel sharp pain

3. smartverb

   Synonyms:
   suffer, be punished

4. smartadjective

   Synonyms:
   sharp, stinging, keen, severe, poignant, pungent

5. smartadjective

   Synonyms:
   vigorous, forcible, effective, energetic

6. smartadjective

   Synonyms:
   lively, brisk, vivacious, agile, nimble, quick, alert, spry, active, stirring, prompt, ready, sprightly, spirited, dapper

7. smartadjective

   Synonyms:
   expert, dexterous, clever

8. smartadjective

   Synonyms:
   witty, acute, apt

9. smartadjective

   Synonyms:
   spruce, trim, nicely or showily dressed

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1. smartadjective

   Synonyms:
   acute, bright, clever, apt, brilliant, gifted, talented, precocious, vigorous, energetic, forcible, fashionable, pretentious, trim, elegant, fresh, smacking, brisk, agile, nimble, lively, pungent, poignant, intense, keen

   Antonyms:
   dull, inapt, dowdy, tawdry

2. smartverb

   Synonyms:
   sting, prick, suffer

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1. List of paraphrases for "smart":

   intelligent, clever, malins, malin, wise, bright, malignant, astute, intelligently, ingenious, sensible, smarter, congming, brilliant, chip, cunning, crafty, brainy, elegant, termite, shrewd

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. SMaRT

   Synonyms:
   Spliceosome-mediated RNA trans-splicing

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1. Janet Bodnar:

   It sounds like a smart marketing move because Disney wants to make it easy for people to visit the parks, and it also looks like a smart move for people who want to take their families on Disney vacation.

2. David Bergvinson:

   Sorghum and millet are not only climate smart but nutritionally smart. We call them smart foods because they are good for us, good for the environment and good for smallholder farmers to manage climate change, diversify their income and increase their profitability.

3. Donald Trump:

   They're giving me a lot of credit for that because I said you really need someone very, very, tough and very smart, you know, smart goes with tough. I know tough people that aren't smart. That's the worst. We need smart, we need tough, we need the whole package.

4. Henry Seely:

   Indians are plenty smart. We catch small wood. Build small fire. Stand close and stay warm all over. White men not so smart. They catch big wood. Build big fire. Stand far away, burn face and freeze ass.

5. Ronni:

   Don't be a person who feels you can and feels smart, but be a person who can and is smart to feel