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intelligent
having a high level of mental ability, and good at thinking clearly and understanding ideas:
• The top universities aim to select the most intelligent students.
clever
especially British English , smart especially American English intelligent, so that you can think and learn quickly and find ways to solve problems:
• That was very clever of you. How did you do that? • I wasn’t smart enough to be a lawyer.
bright
intelligent – used especially about children and young people:
• He’s a very bright kid. • the brightest student in the class
brilliant
extremely intelligent and good at the work you do:
• a brilliant scientist
gifted
a gifted child is much more intelligent than most other children:
• a special school for gifted children
wise
able to make good decisions and give sensible advice, especially because you have a lot of experience:
• a wise old man
cunning/crafty
good at using your intelligence to get what you want, often by making secret plans or tricking people:
• She was cunning enough to keep this latest piece of information secret. • He’s a crafty old devil!
brainy
informal intelligent and good at studying:
• My sister is the brainy one in our family.
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adj. VERBS be, look, seem ADV. extremely, highly, incredibly, most, remarkably, very a highly intelligent woman | fairly, quite, reasonably He should be able to solve the problem. He's reasonably intelligent. | obviously | seemingly
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