intelligent

Speech parts

1. intelligent - Adjective

2. intelligent - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Endowed with the faculty of understanding or reason; as, man is an intelligent being.

Possessed of intelligence, education, or judgment; knowing; sensible; skilled; marked by intelligence; as, an intelligent young man; an intelligent architect; an intelligent answer.

Gognizant; aware; communicate.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

sound thinking reasoning sensible levelheaded labrador hakeem able sage sapient politic understanding capable learned literary

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Antonyms

unintelligent stupid dumb bishop cam batty

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Phrases with the word

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Examples

Intelligent men have no need to listen to much talk, but should attend only to that which is profitable and guided by God's will. Anthony the Great

An angel is an intelligent essence, always in motion. It has free will, is incorporeal, serves God, and has been bestowed with immortality. Only the Creator understands its true nature. John of Damascus

Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it. George Orwell

I would rather be deceived by an intelligent person than by a jackass. Haitian Proverb

There's nothing worse for an intelligent person than to put a fool beside him. Nicaraguan Proverb

An intelligent monkey can still be beaten. Filipino Proverb

Close letter words and terms

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