Synonyms: 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
Definition: mentally quick
Usage: an agile mind; nimble wits
Definition: mentally quick and resourceful
Usage: an apt pupil; you are a clever man...you reason well and your wit is bold-Bram Stoker
Similar words: smart as a whip, brainy, brilliant
Definition: having or marked by unusual and impressive intelligence
Usage: some men dislike brainy women; a brilliant mind; a brilliant solution to the problem
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: innate, natural, born
Definition: being talented through inherited qualities
Usage: a natural leader; a born musician; an innate talent
Definition: apprehending and responding with speed and sensitivity
Usage: a quick mind; a ready wit
Similar words: prehensile
Definition: having a keen intellect
Usage: poets--those gifted strangely prehensile men- A.T.Quiller-Couch
Similar words: scintillating
Definition: brilliantly clever
Usage: scintillating wit; a play full of scintillating dialogue
Similar words: searching, trenchant
Definition: having keenness and forcefulness and penetration in thought, expression, or intellect
Usage: searching insights; trenchant criticism
Synonyms: intelligent, reasoning, thinking
Definition: endowed with the capacity to reason
Similar words: rational
Definition: consistent with or based on or using reason
Usage: rational behavior; a process of rational inference; rational thought
Synonyms: healthy, intelligent, sound, level-headed, levelheaded
Definition: exercising or showing good judgment
Usage: healthy scepticism; a healthy fear of rattlesnakes; the healthy attitude of French laws; healthy relations between labor and management; an intelligent solution; a sound approach to the problem; sound advice; no sound explanation for his decision
Similar words: sensible, reasonable
Definition: showing reason or sound judgment
Usage: a sensible choice; a sensible person
Synonyms: well-informed, intelligent
Definition: possessing sound knowledge
Usage: well-informed readers
Similar words: sophisticated
Definition: having or appealing to those having worldly knowledge and refinement and savoir-faire
Usage: sophisticated young socialites; a sophisticated audience; a sophisticated lifestyle; a sophisticated book