Synonyms for smart
smɑrtsmart

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

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:2.0 / 1 vote

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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How to use smart in a sentence?

1. Enongo Lumumba-Kasongo:

   Beyoncé is incredible and so is Ariana Grande, so I hope that folks will be smart enough to not buy into [ comparisons ].

2. Jia Yueting:

   Tesla's a great company and has taken the global car industry to the EV era, but we're not just building a car. We consider the car a smart mobile device on four wheels, essentially no different to a cellphone or tablet.

3. President Biden:

   That's under consideration right now but if you're not vaccinated you're not nearly as smart as I thought you were, we have a pandemic because of the unvaccinated, and they're sowing enormous confusion.

4. Mickey Mehta:

   TVs have become smart and humans have become stupid. Dependence on technology is rendering a human depleted of inner intelligence. With mechanization man has learnt to become mechanical. Don't get completely programmed and be digitized, switch on internally, become intelligent, internalize and MickeyMize.

5. Bonnie Bedelia:

   You bet it was [ Bruce Willis first big film ], it was kind of like a big thing when Bruce Willis got this because Bruce Willis was just on ‘ Moonlighting. ’ This was Bruce Willis first movie, and Bruce Willis was the star of a huge blockbuster and it was very well advertised that Bruce Willis was making $ 5 million, which at the time was unbelievable. And everybody was like, ‘ Why would you pay $ 5 million to an untried movie star ? ’ But boy, someone was really smart.