Clever

/ˈklɛv.ə/

Synonyms for "clever" (274 found)

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Closest matches (55)

Adjective(20 words)

cunning ingenious acrobatic adept apt astutest brainish bravo brightbright colorsbrightest cagey cagy cannyclever movecraftycreative activitycreative expressionscreative traitcreative wording

able acute adept adroit agile alert all-around amusing apt arch artful artistic astute attic authoritative biting brainy bravura bright brilliant

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cagey canny capable clean comic competent coordinated coruscating crack crackerjack crafty creative

Noun(3 words)

beauty brainiacclassroom descriptive term

Strong matches (82)

cunning cute daedal daedalian dazzling deceitful deep deep-laid deft designing dexterous dextrous diplomatic discerning disingenuous docile droll educable elegant entertaining

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Adjective(9 words)

cunningest deftest diabolical epigrammatichuman creativityintelligent inventiveinventive approachnattiest

Noun(3 words)

game movesgenius grasping

Determiner(1 words)

most art technique

Related words (137)

Adjective(23 words)

natty neatestnice onenice trynifty nimbler nippiestplayful descriptorquaintshrewd debatershrewder shrewdest sly smartsmart movesmart thermostat usesmarter snappyspanish recursospry

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well donewittiest wizardly

neat neat-handed nifty nimblenimble wittednimble-wittedno dumbbellno meannot born yesterdayoriginal pawky penetrating perceptive piquant plastic pleasing pliable pointed politic pretty

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professional proficient prompt pungent qualified quickquick wittedquick-thinking quick-wittedquite someracy rapier-like ready receptive resourcefulripe for instructionrisible sagacious sage salt salty scheming schoolable scintillating serpentine sharp sharp-witted shifty shrewd skilful skilled skillful slick slim slippery sly smart smooth snaky sneaky some sophistical sparkling sprightly statesmanlike stealthy steel-trap strategic stylish subtile subtle supple susceptible tactful tactical talented teachablethe compleatthe completethirsty for knowledgetrainable trickish tricksy tricky versatile virtuoso vulpine wary well-considered well-contrived well-designed well-done well-invented well-laid well-planned well-reasonedwell-thought-outwell-weighed whimsical wicked willing wily wise witty workmanlike

Noun(9 words)

numberlessly brightone-liner outfoxing outmanoeuvring outsmarting punkey savvy sharpy swift

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

10 entries

ability aptitude cognition deceptiondesign qualityefficiency exclamation guile ingenuity intelligence

More specific

14 entries

artifice bravo cleverness craftiness ingeniousness ingenuity inventivenessironic exclamationnice onequick-wittednesssarcastic exclamationsavviness scheming trickery

Collocations

8 entries

clever approachclever designclever ideaclever moveclever planclever remarkclever solutionclever use

Inflections

2 entries

cleverer cleverest

Derivations

4 entries

cleverer cleverest cleverly cleverness

similar

3 entries

adroit intelligent smart

Sample sentences

33 total sentences available.

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You are too clever not to solve the hard problem.

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He was far from clever in his school days.

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He is a clever boy, to be sure.

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Generally speaking, the young people of today are clever.

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