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intelligence
noun as in ability to perceive, understand
Strongest matches
acumen, agility, brilliance, intellect, judgment, perception, quickness, savvy, sense, skill, subtlety, understanding, wit
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acuity, alertness, aptitude, brainpower, brains, brightness, capacity, cleverness, comprehension, coruscation, discernment, IQ, luminosity, mentality, mind, penetration, perspicacity, precocity, quotient, reason, sagacity, smarts, trenchancy
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Example Sentences
According to a Yemeni intelligence source, Saïd met with the notorious U.S. preacher Anwar al Awlaki.
Current and former intelligence officials have said North Korea has long been a priority target for American spies.
“He was a brave field commander and an expert in intelligence, and in organizing popular and tribal forces,” said the eulogist.
My father was in an intelligence unit for the U.S. Navy, as he had been in World War II.
A fire that he insists is only picking up pace, according to top-secret intelligence briefings.
The startled operators at Umballa could obtain no further intelligence and the boy was slain at his post.
Odd differences, reflecting differences of intelligence, show themselves in the management of this diagram of the human face.
Frankly, we must say that this is inconceivably incompatible with Señor Paternoʼs clear intelligence.
Thomas Carr—one of the quiet, good men in a fast world—was an admirable companion, full of intelligence and conversation.
Just as the Admiral was going, Ward (of the Intelligence) crossed over with a nasty little damper.
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On this page you'll find 140 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to intelligence, such as: acumen, agility, brilliance, intellect, judgment, and perception.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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