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Intelligent

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

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Agile 84% connected

Having the faculty of quick motion in the limbs; apt or ready to move; nimble; active; as, an agile boy; an agile tongue.

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Agile 84% connected

Having the faculty of quick motion in the limbs; apt or ready to move; nimble; active; as, an agile boy; an agile tongue.

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Apt 84% connected

Fit or fitted; suited; suitable; appropriate.

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Apt 84% connected

Fit or fitted; suited; suitable; appropriate.

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Born 84% connected

of Bear

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Born 84% connected

of Bear

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Brainy 84% connected

Having an active or vigorous mind.

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Brainy 84% connected

Having an active or vigorous mind.

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Bright 84% connected

See Brite, v. i.

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Bright 84% connected

See Brite, v. i.

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Brilliant 84% connected

Sparkling with luster; glittering; very bright; as, a brilliant star.

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Brilliant 84% connected

Sparkling with luster; glittering; very bright; as, a brilliant star.

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Clever 84% connected

Possessing quickness of intellect, skill, dexterity, talent, or adroitness; expert.

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Clever 84% connected

Possessing quickness of intellect, skill, dexterity, talent, or adroitness; expert.

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Innate 84% connected

Inborn; native; natural; as, innate vigor; innate eloquence.

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Innate 84% connected

Inborn; native; natural; as, innate vigor; innate eloquence.

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Natural 84% connected

Fixed or determined by nature; pertaining to the constitution of a thing; belonging to native character; according to nature; essential; characterist…

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Natural 84% connected

Fixed or determined by nature; pertaining to the constitution of a thing; belonging to native character; according to nature; essential; characterist…

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Nimble 84% connected

Light and quick in motion; moving with ease and celerity; lively; swift.

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Nimble 84% connected

Light and quick in motion; moving with ease and celerity; lively; swift.

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Prehensile 84% connected

Adapted to seize or grasp; seizing; grasping; as, the prehensile tail of a monkey.

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Prehensile 84% connected

Adapted to seize or grasp; seizing; grasping; as, the prehensile tail of a monkey.

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Quick 84% connected

Alive; living; animate; -- opposed to dead or inanimate.

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Quick 84% connected

Alive; living; animate; -- opposed to dead or inanimate.

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Rational 84% connected

Relating to the reason; not physical; mental.

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Rational 84% connected

Relating to the reason; not physical; mental.

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Ready 84% connected

Prepared for what one is about to do or experience; equipped or supplied with what is needed for some act or event; prepared for immediate movement o…

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Ready 84% connected

Prepared for what one is about to do or experience; equipped or supplied with what is needed for some act or event; prepared for immediate movement o…

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Reasonable 84% connected

Having the faculty of reason; endued with reason; rational; as, a reasonable being.

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Reasonable 84% connected

Having the faculty of reason; endued with reason; rational; as, a reasonable being.

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Scintillating 84% connected

of Scintillate

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Scintillating 84% connected

of Scintillate

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Searching 84% connected

of Search

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Searching 84% connected

of Search

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Sensible 84% connected

Capable of being perceived by the senses; apprehensible through the bodily organs; hence, also, perceptible to the mind; making an impression upon th…

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Sensible 84% connected

Capable of being perceived by the senses; apprehensible through the bodily organs; hence, also, perceptible to the mind; making an impression upon th…

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Smart 84% connected

To feel a lively, pungent local pain; -- said of some part of the body as the seat of irritation; as, my finger smarts; these wounds smart.

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Smart 84% connected

To feel a lively, pungent local pain; -- said of some part of the body as the seat of irritation; as, my finger smarts; these wounds smart.

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Sophisticated 84% connected

of Sophisticate

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Sophisticated 84% connected

of Sophisticate

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Trenchant 84% connected

Fitted to trench or cut; gutting; sharp.

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Trenchant 84% connected

Fitted to trench or cut; gutting; sharp.

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Derivationally related 2

Intelligence 74% connected

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

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Intelligence 74% connected

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

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Attribute 2

Intelligence 66% connected

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

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Intelligence 66% connected

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

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See also 4

Precocious 66% connected

Ripe or mature before the proper or natural time; early or prematurely ripe or developed; as, precocious trees.

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Precocious 66% connected

Ripe or mature before the proper or natural time; early or prematurely ripe or developed; as, precocious trees.

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Smart 66% connected

To feel a lively, pungent local pain; -- said of some part of the body as the seat of irritation; as, my finger smarts; these wounds smart.

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Smart 66% connected

To feel a lively, pungent local pain; -- said of some part of the body as the seat of irritation; as, my finger smarts; these wounds smart.

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Synonym 5

Healthy 92% connected

Being in a state of health; enjoying health; hale; sound; free from disease; as, a healthy chid; a healthy plant.

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Reasoning 92% connected

of Reason

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Sound 92% connected

The air bladder of a fish; as, cod sounds are an esteemed article of food.

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Thinking 92% connected

of Think

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Well-informed 92% connected

Correctly informed; provided with information; well furnished with authentic knowledge; intelligent.

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Antonym 2

Stupid 94% connected

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

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Stupid 94% connected

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

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