Synonyms: smart, smarting, smartness
Definition: a kind of pain such as that caused by a wound or a burn or a sore
Definition: a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder
Usage: the patient developed severe pain and distension
Definition: be the source of pain
Similar words: cause to be perceived
Definition: have perceptible qualities
Synonyms: smart
Definition: capable of independent and apparently intelligent action
Usage: smart weapons
Similar words: automatic
Definition: operating with minimal human intervention; independent of external control
Usage: automatic transmission; a budget deficit that caused automatic spending cuts
Synonyms: overbold, smart, sassy, saucy, wise, impertinent, impudent, fresh
Definition: improperly forward or bold
Usage: 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!
Similar words: forward
Definition: used of temperament or behavior; lacking restraint or modesty
Usage: a forward child badly in need of discipline
Synonyms: smart
Definition: showing mental alertness and calculation and resourcefulness
Similar words: sharp, shrewd, astute
Definition: marked by practical hardheaded intelligence
Usage: a smart businessman; an astute tenant always reads the small print in a lease; he was too shrewd to go along with them on a road that could lead only to their overthrow
Similar words: clever, cagey, cagy, canny
Definition: showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others
Usage: a cagey lawyer; too clever to be sound
Similar words: with-it, street smart, streetwise
Definition: having the shrewd resourcefulness needed to survive in an urban environment
Synonyms: chic, smart, voguish
Definition: elegant and stylish
Usage: chic elegance; a smart new dress; a suit of voguish cut
Similar words: fashionable, stylish
Definition: having elegance or taste or refinement in manners or dress
Usage: a little less posh but every bit as stylish as Lord Peter Wimsey; the stylish resort of Gstadd
Synonyms: smart
Definition: quick and brisk
Usage: I gave him a smart salute; we walked at a smart pace
Similar words: fast
Definition: acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly
Usage: fast film; on the fast track in school; set a fast pace; a fast car
Definition: characterized by quickness and ease in learning
Usage: some children are brighter in one subject than another; smart children talk earlier than the average
Similar words: intelligent
Definition: having the capacity for thought and reason especially to a high degree
Usage: is there intelligent life in the universe?; an intelligent question
Synonyms: smart
Definition: painfully severe
Usage: he gave the dog a smart blow
Similar words: intense
Definition: possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree
Usage: intense heat; intense anxiety; intense desire; intense emotion; the skunk's intense acrid odor; intense pain; enemy fire was intense