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clever - 20 thesaurus results
Main Entry: clever
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: bright, ingenious
Synonyms: able, adept, adroit, alert, apt, astute, brainy, brilliant, cagey, canny, capable, competent, crackerjack*, cunning, deep, dexterous/dextrous, discerning, egghead*, expert, foxy*, gifted, good, handy, intelligent, inventive, keen, knowing, knowledgeable, many-sided, nimble, nobody's fool, pretty, pro, qualified, quick, quick on trigger, quick-witted, rational, resourceful, sagacious, savvy, sensible, sharp, shrewd, skilled, skillful, slick, sly, smart, sprightly, talented, versatile, wise, witty
Antonyms: awkward, foolish, idiotic, ignorant, naive, senseless, stupid, unclever
Main Entry: adroit
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: very able or skilled
Synonyms: adept, apt, artful, clean, clever, crack*, crackerjack*, cunning, cute, deft, dexterous, expert, foxy*, good, handy, ingenious, masterful, neat*, nifty*, nimble, on the ball*, proficient, quick-witted, savvy, sharp, skillful, slick, smart, up*, whiz*, wizard, hot tamale, on the beam, quick on the trigger, quick on the uptake, up to speed
Antonyms: awkward, clumsy, dense, inept, stupid, unskilled
Main Entry: agile
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: physically or mentally nimble, deft
Synonyms: active, acute, alert, athletic, brisk, buoyant, clever, dexterous, energetic, fleet, frisky, limber, lithe, lively, mercurial, prompt, quick, quick-witted, rapid, ready, sharp, spirited, sportive, sprightly, spry, stirring, supple, swift, vigorous, vivacious, winged, zippy, bustling, easy-moving, quick on the draw, quick on the trigger, spright, twinkle toes
Antonyms: brittle, clumsy, stiff
Main Entry: alert
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: attentive, lively
Synonyms: active, all ears, bright, cagey*, careful, circumspect, clever, fast on the draw, good hands, heads up, heedful, hip, intelligent, jazzed, observant, on guard*, on one's toes, on the ball*, on the job, on the lookout, on the qui vive, perceptive, psyched up, quick, ready, sharp, spirited, switched on, vigilant, wary, watchful, wide-awake, wired*, wise, with it*
Antonyms: asleep, drowsy, inattentive, lethargic, sluggish, unobservant, weary
Main Entry: artful
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: skillful; cunning
Synonyms: adept, adroit, clever, crafty, designing, dexterous, foxy*, ingenious, masterly, politic, proficient, resourceful, scheming, sharp, shrewd, slick*, sly, smart, smooth*, tricky, wily
Antonyms: artless, ingenuous, naive, unskillful
Main Entry: astute
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: perceptive
Synonyms: adroit, brainy, bright, calculating, canny, clever, crafty, discerning, foxy, insightful, intelligent, keen, knowing, not born yesterday*, on the ball*, perspicacious, sagacious, savvy, sharp, shrewd, sly, quick on the uptake, sharp as a tack
Antonyms: asinine, idiotic, ignorant, imbecile, obtuse, shallow, stupid, thick, unintelligent
Main Entry: brainy
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: intelligent
Synonyms: bright, brilliant, clever, intellectual, sapient, smart
Main Entry: capable
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: able to perform
Synonyms: able, accomplished, adapted, adept, adequate, apt, au fait, clever, competent, dynamite, efficient, experienced, fitted, gifted, good, green thumb, intelligent, masterly, old hand*, old-timer*, on the ball*, proficient, proper, qualified, skillful, suited, talented, up*, veteran, fireball, has what it takes, having know-how, having the goods, having the right stuff, knowing the ropes, knowing the score, like a one-man band, like a pistol, there, up to it, up to snuff, up to speed
Notes: able is having the necessary power to accomplish something while capable means having the potential to accomplish something
Antonyms: impotent, incapable, incompetent, inept, unable, unskilled, unskillful
Main Entry: competent
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: able
Synonyms: adapted, adequate, all around, appropriate, au fait, being a pistol, capable, clever, complete, crisp, decent, dynamite, efficient, endowed, enough, equal, fireball, fit, fool, good, know ins and outs, know one's business, know one's stuff, know the answers, know the ropes, know the score, no slouch, on the ball*, paid one's dues, pertinent, polished, proficient, qualified, satisfactory, savvy, skilled, sufficient, suitable, there, up to it, up to snuff, up to speed, wicked*
Antonyms: inadequate, incapable, incompetent, inefficient, inept, unable
Main Entry: creative
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: artistic, imaginative
Synonyms: clever, cool*, fertile, formative, gifted, hip*, ingenious, innovative, inspired, inventive, original, productive, prolific, stimulating, visionary, way out, demiurgic, deviceful, innovational, innovatory, leading-edge, originative
Antonyms: unimaginative, uninspired, unproductive, uncreative, ungifted, untalented
Main Entry: delightful
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: pleasant, charming
Synonyms: adorable, agreeable, alluring, ambrosial, amusing, attractive, beautiful, cheery, clever, congenial, darling, delectable, delicious, enchanting, engaging, enjoyable, entertaining, fair, fascinating, gratifying, heavenly, ineffable, lovely, luscious, lush, pleasing, pleasurable, rapturous, ravishing, refreshing, satisfying, scrumptious, thrilling, yummy*, captivating
Antonyms: bad, disappointing, horrible, unhappy, unpleasant, unamusing, unenjoyable
Main Entry: dexterous
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: ingenious, proficient
Synonyms: able, active, acute, adept, adroit, agile, apt, artful, canny, clever, crack*, crackerjack*, deft, effortless, expert, facile, handy, masterly, neat, nimble, prompt, quick, savvy, skilled, skillful, slick, sly, smooth, having the know-how, nimble-fingered
Antonyms: awkward, clumsy, inept, inexpert, unable, unskilled, unhandy
Main Entry: diplomatic
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: politic, tactful
Synonyms: adept, arch, artful, astute, bland, brainy, cagey, calculating, capable, clever, conciliatory, courteous, crafty, cunning, deft, delicate, dexterous, discreet, gracious, intriguing, polite, prudent, savvy, scheming, sensitive, sharp, shrewd, sly, smooth, strategic, suave, subtle, wily, conniving, contriving, guileful, opportunistic
Antonyms: artless, impolite, rude, tactless
Main Entry: discerning
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: discriminating
Synonyms: acute, astute, bright, brilliant, clever, critical, ingenious, insightful, intelligent, judicious, knowing, knowledgeable, penetrating, perceptive, perspicacious, piercing, sagacious, sage, sensitive, sharp, shrewd, subtle, wise, clear-sighted, gnostic, insighted, percipient
Antonyms: neglectful, negligent, disregardful, overlooking, undiscerning, undiscriminating
Main Entry: entertaining
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: amusing, pleasing
Synonyms: absorbing, affecting, charming, cheerful, cheering, clever, compelling, delightful, droll, enchanting, engaging, engrossing, enjoyable, entrancing, exciting, fascinating, fun, funny, gas*, gay, humorous, impressive, inspiring, interesting, lively, moving, piquant, pleasant, pleasurable, poignant, priceless, provocative, restorative, riot, rousing, scream, stimulating, stirring, striking, thrilling, witty, be a ball, captivating, diverting, enthralling, enticing, recreative, relaxing, side-splitting
Antonyms: boring, dull, laborious, sad, tiring, unpleasant, unamusing, unfunny
Main Entry: expert
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: knowledgeable, proficient
Synonyms: able, adept, adroit, apt, big league*, clever, crack, crackerjack*, deft, dexterous, experienced, facile, handy, practiced, professional, qualified, savvy, sharp, skilled, skillful, slick, trained, virtuoso, schooled
Antonyms: amateur, inexpert, unskilled, untrained, unknowledgeable
Main Entry: facetious
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: tongue-in-cheek, kidding
Synonyms: amusing, blithe, capering, clever, comic, comical, droll, dry, fanciful, farcical, flip*, flippant, frivolous, funny, gay, humorous, indecorous, ironic, irreverent, jesting, jocose, jocular, joking, joshing, laughable, ludicrous, merry, not serious, playful, pleasant, pulling one's leg, punning, putting one on, ridiculous, salty, sarcastic, satirical, smart, sportive, sprightly, waggish, whimsical, wisecracking, witty, wry
Antonyms: formal, grave, serious, unfunny
Main Entry: gifted
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: talented, intelligent
Synonyms: able, accomplished, adroit, brilliant, capable, clever, expert, hot*, ingenious, mad, masterly, phenomenal, skilled, smart, class act, got it, have on the ball, have smarts, have the goods, hotshot, shining at
Antonyms: dull, incapable, inept, unintelligent, untalented
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