intelligent

Plural: intelligents

Adjective

• having the capacity for thought and reason especially to a high degree
  • "is there intelligent life in the universe?"
  • "an intelligent question"

Adjective Satellite

• possessing sound knowledge
• exercising or showing good judgment
  • "an intelligent solution"
• endowed with the capacity to reason

Adj

• Of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright.
• Well thought-out, well considered.
• Characterized by thoughtful interaction.
• Having at least a similar level of brain power to humankind.
• Having an environment-sensing automatically-invoked built-in computer capability.

Noun

• A member of the intelligentsia; an intelligent person.

Examples

• an intelligent network or keyboard
• My girlfriend and I had an intelligent conversation.
• The engineer had a very intelligent design proposal for the new car.
• The general devised an intelligent strategy for the southern campaign.
• The hunt for extraterrestrial intelligent life continues.

Synonyms

healthy, level-headed, levelheaded, reasoning, sound, thinking, well-informed, astute, brainy, bright, brilliant, clever, educated, genius, gifted, ingenious, intellectual, intelligent, keen, knowledgeable, piquant, quick, quick-witted, rational, sagacious, savvy, scholared, self-aware, sharp, smart, talented, whip-smart, wise

Antonyms

unintelligent, brainless, dumb, foolish, idiotic, imbecile, insensible, lowbrow, mindless, stupid, witless

Related Words

intelligence, learned, wily, witty

Anagrams of intelligent