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smart [smahrt]
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: intelligent
Synonyms: acute, adept, agile, alert, apt, astute, bold, brainy, bright, brilliant, brisk, canny, clever, crafty, effective, eggheaded, fresh, genius, good, impertinent, ingenious, keen, knowing, long-haired, nervy, nimble, on the ball, pert, pointed, quick, quick-witted, ready, resourceful, sassy, sharp, shrewd, skull, slick*, whiz*, wise
Antonyms: dull, stupid, unintelligent
Main Entry: smart
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: brisk, lively
Synonyms: active, bold, brazen, cracking, energetic, forward, good, jaunty, nervy, pert, quick, saucy, scintillating, spanking, spirited, sprightly, vigorous
Antonyms: apathetic, lethargic, slow
Main Entry: able
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: capable of performing; having an innate capacity
Synonyms: adept, adequate, adroit, agile, alert, apt, bright, capable, competent, cunning, deft, dexterous, easy, effortless, endowed, equipped, facile, fitted, good, intelligent, knowing, powerful, ready, smart, strong, worthy
Notes: able is having the necessary power to accomplish something while capable means having the potential to accomplish something
Antonyms: ineffective, inept, infirm, powerless, unable, useless
Main Entry: able
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: able to perform well; having a proven capacity
Synonyms: accomplished, adroit, agile, artful, au fait, brilliant, capable, clever, deft, dexterous, effective, effectual, efficient, equal to, experienced, expert, facile, gifted, ingenious, intelligent, keen, know backwards and forwards, know one's onions, know the ropes, learned, masterful, masterly, powerful, practiced, prepared, proficient, qualified, responsible, savvy, sharp, skilled, skillful, smart, talented, there, trained, up to it, up to snuff, up to speed, with it
Notes: able is having the necessary power to accomplish something while capable means having the potential to accomplish something
Antonyms: delicate, feeble, inept, stupid, weak
Main Entry: acute
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: deeply perceptive
Synonyms: astute, canny, clever, discerning, discriminating, incisive, ingenious, insightful, intense, intuitive, judicious, keen, observant, penetrating, perspicacious, piercing, quick-witted, sensitive, sharp, smart, subtle
Notes: acute is used for a sudden onset and short duration; chronic is for conditions that are slow to develop and of long duration
acute is an angle of less than 90 degrees; obtuse is one of more than 90 degrees
chronic is contrasted with acute as chronic pain persists over a longer period of time than acute pain and is resistant to most medical treatments
Antonyms: dense, imperceptive, insensitive, obtuse, slow, stupid
Main Entry: adroit
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: very able or skilled
Synonyms: adept, apt, artful, clean, clever, crack*, crackerjack*, cunning, cute, deft, dexterous, expert, foxy*, good, handy, hot tamale, ingenious, masterful, neat*, nifty*, nimble, on the ball, on the beam, proficient, quick on the trigger, quick on the uptake, quick-witted, savvy, sharp, skillful, slick, smart, up to speed, up*, whiz*, wizard
Antonyms: awkward, clumsy, dense, inept, stupid, unskilled
Main Entry: aggressive
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: assertive
Synonyms: assertory, bold, brassy, cheeky*, cocky*, come on, domineering, dynamic, energetic, enterprising, flip*, forceful, fresh*, get up and go, go after, hard sell, imperious, masterful, militant, nervy, pushing, pushy, sassy, shooting from the hip, smart alecky, smart*, strenuous, tough, vigorous, zealous
Antonyms: complaisant, laid-back
Main Entry: apt
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: quick to learn
Synonyms: able, adept, astute, bright, clever, expert, gifted, ingenious, intelligent, no dummy, nobody's fool, not born yesterday, prompt, quick on the trigger, quick on the uptake, ready, savvy, sharp, skilled, skillful, smart, talented, teachable
Notes: apt is for general probabilities, likely is for specific probabilities; liable and prone indicate a probability arising as a regrettable consequence
Antonyms: incapable, stupid, unskilled
Main Entry: artful
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: skillful; cunning
Synonyms: adept, adroit, clever, crafty, designing, dexterous, foxy*, ingenious, masterly, politic, proficient, resourceful, scheming, sharp, shrewd, slick*, sly, smart, smooth*, tricky, wily
Antonyms: artless, ingenuous, naive, unskillful
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