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| Main Entry: |
smart
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| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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