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Intelligence

The act or state of knowing; the exercise of the understanding.

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Broader term 3

Ability 76% connected

The quality or state of being able; power to perform, whether physical, moral, intellectual, conventional, or legal; capacity; skill or competence in…

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Information 76% connected

The act of informing, or communicating knowledge or intelligence.

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Power 76% connected

Same as Poor, the fish.

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Acuity 76% connected

Sharpness or acuteness, as of a needle, wit, etc.

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Acuteness 76% connected

The quality of being acute or pointed; sharpness; as, the acuteness of an angle.

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Brain 76% connected

The whitish mass of soft matter (the center of the nervous system, and the seat of consciousness and volition) which is inclosed in the cartilaginous…

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Breadth 76% connected

Distance from side to side of any surface or thing; measure across, or at right angles to the length; width.

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Brightness 76% connected

The quality or state of being bright; splendor; luster; brilliancy; clearness.

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Cleverness 76% connected

The quality of being clever; skill; dexterity; adroitness.

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Comprehensiveness 76% connected

The quality of being comprehensive; extensiveness of scope.

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Genius 76% connected

A good or evil spirit, or demon, supposed by the ancients to preside over a man's destiny in life; a tutelary deity; a supernatural being; a spirit,…

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Intellect 76% connected

The part or faculty of the human soul by which it knows, as distinguished from the power to feel and to will; sometimes, the capacity for higher form…

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Keenness 76% connected

The quality or state of being keen.

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Largeness 76% connected

The quality or state of being large.

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Mentality 76% connected

Quality or state of mind.

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Mind 76% connected

The intellectual or rational faculty in man; the understanding; the intellect; the power that conceives, judges, or reasons; also, the entire spiritu…

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Nimbleness 76% connected

The quality of being nimble; lightness and quickness in motion; agility; swiftness.

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Perspicacity 76% connected

The state of being perspicacious; acuteness of sight or of intelligence; acute discernment.

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Precocity 76% connected

The quality or state of being precocious; untimely ripeness; premature development, especially of the mental powers; forwardness.

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Quickness 76% connected

The condition or quality of being quick or living; life.

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Reconnaissance 76% connected

The act of reconnoitering; preliminary examination or survey.

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Sharpness 76% connected

The quality or condition of being sharp; keenness; acuteness.

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Smartness 76% connected

The quality or state of being smart.

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Spying 76% connected

of Spy

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Wit 76% connected

of Wit

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Intelligent 74% connected

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

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Intelligent 74% connected

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

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Intelligent 66% connected

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

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Intelligent 66% connected

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

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Stupid 66% connected

Very dull; insensible; senseless; wanting in understanding; heavy; sluggish; in a state of stupor; -- said of persons.

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Stupid 66% connected

Very dull; insensible; senseless; wanting in understanding; heavy; sluggish; in a state of stupor; -- said of persons.

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Synonym 3

News 92% connected

A report of recent occurences; information of something that has lately taken place, or of something before unknown; fresh tindings; recent intellige…

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Tidings 92% connected

Account of what has taken place, and was not before known; news.

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Word 92% connected

The spoken sign of a conception or an idea; an articulate or vocal sound, or a combination of articulate and vocal sounds, uttered by the human voice…

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Stupidity 94% connected

The quality or state of being stupid; extreme dullness of perception or understanding; insensibility; sluggishness.

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Stupidity 94% connected

The quality or state of being stupid; extreme dullness of perception or understanding; insensibility; sluggishness.

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