Clever

//ˈklɛv.ə//

Synonyms for "clever" (226 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (46)

ingenious adroit apt cunning smart able acute adept agile alert all-around amusing arch artful artistic astute attic authoritative biting brainy

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bravura bright brilliant cagey canny capable clean comic competent coordinated coruscating crack crackerjack crafty creative cute daedal

Adjective(3 words)

cunning adroit crafty

Adjective(5 words)

apt cagey cagy canny cunning

Noun(1 words)

codlock

Strong matches (67)

Related words (113)

motivated neat neat-handed nifty nimble nimble witted nimble-witted no dumbbell no mean not born yesterday original pawky penetrating perceptive piquant plastic pleasing pliable pointed politic

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Adjective(7 words)

quick on the uptake quick-witted quickwitted sharp as a tack sharp-witted street-smart talented

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7 relation types

Antonyms

3 entries

clumsy dull ineffectual

Synonyms

5 entries

adroit apt cunning ingenious quick witted

derived

17 entries

as clever as a cartload of monkeys box clever clever arse clever clogs clever dick clever-clever cleverality cleverish cleverly cleverness cleversome cleversticks hyperclever overclever too clever by half ultraclever

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etymologically related_to

2 entries

cleave cliver

has context

3 entries

anthropology uk us

related to

20 entries

adept cunning fit good natured handsome intelligent inventiveness magical missouri nimble obliging originality propriety quick resourceful sharp

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similar

4 entries

adroit intelligent smart

Translations

257 translations across 80 languages.

Afrikaans

1 entries

slim adj (mentally quick or sharp)

Albanian

1 entries

i zgjuar adj (mentally quick or sharp)

Arabic

4 entries

دكي adj (mentally quick or sharp)
ذَكِيّ adj (mentally quick or sharp)
شاطر adj (mentally quick or sharp)
شاطر adj (mentally quick or sharp)

Armenian

2 entries

խելացի adj (mentally quick or sharp)
խելոք adj (mentally quick or sharp)

Assamese

1 entries

বুধিয়ক adj (mentally quick or sharp)

Asturian

1 entries

llistu adj (mentally quick or sharp)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

ağıllı adj (mentally quick or sharp)

Bashkir

1 entries

аҡыллы adj (mentally quick or sharp)

Belarusian

1 entries

разу́мны adj (mentally quick or sharp)

Bengali

1 entries

চতুর adj (mentally quick or sharp)

Bulgarian

4 entries

даровит adj (skillful)
изкусен adj (nimble with hands or body)
изобретателен adj (things showing inventiveness or originality)
способен adj (skillful)

Burmese

4 entries

ဉာဏ်ကောင်း adj (mentally quick or sharp)
တော် adj (nimble with hands or body)
ပါးလျား adj (mentally quick or sharp)
လျင် adj (mentally quick or sharp)

Catalan

4 entries

cuca adj (resourceful, sometimes to the point of cunning)
destre adj (nimble with hands or body)
espavilat adj (mentally quick or sharp)
hàbil adj (nimble with hands or body)

Central Kurdish

1 entries

زیرەک adj (mentally quick or sharp)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

伶俐 adj (mentally quick or sharp)
聰明 /聪明 adj (mentally quick or sharp)

Czech

1 entries

chytrý adj (mentally quick or sharp)

Danish

4 entries

klog adj (mentally quick or sharp)
kvik adj (nimble with hands or body)
rask adj (nimble with hands or body)
smart adj (skillful)

Darkinjung

1 entries

girrâchi adj (mentally quick or sharp)

Dutch

3 entries

kloek adj (mentally quick or sharp)
scherpzinnig adj (mentally quick or sharp)
slim adj (mentally quick or sharp)

Esperanto

2 entries

lerta adj (skillful)
sprita adj (mentally quick or sharp)

Estonian

1 entries

nutikas adj (mentally quick or sharp)

Finnish

4 entries

kätevä adj (nimble with hands or body)
nokkela adj (skillful)
nokkela adj (resourceful, sometimes to the point of cunning)
nokkela adj (mentally quick or sharp)

French

4 entries

adroit adj (nimble with hands or body)
adroite adj (nimble with hands or body)
agile adj (nimble with hands or body)
habile adj (nimble with hands or body)

Georgian

1 entries

ჭკვიანი adj (mentally quick or sharp)

German

4 entries

abgedreht adj (things showing inventiveness or originality)
arig adj (mentally quick or sharp)
ausgekocht adj (resourceful, sometimes to the point of cunning)
clever adj (resourceful, sometimes to the point of cunning)

Gothic

1 entries

𐍃𐌽𐌿𐍄𐍂𐍃 adj (mentally quick or sharp)

Greek

1 entries

έξυπνος adj (mentally quick or sharp)

Hebrew

2 entries

חָכָם adj (mentally quick or sharp)
פיקח adj (mentally quick or sharp)

Hindi

1 entries

होशियार adj (mentally quick or sharp)

Hungarian

3 entries

eszes adj (mentally quick or sharp)
okos adj (mentally quick or sharp)
ügyes adj (nimble with hands or body)

Icelandic

2 entries

kænn adj (resourceful, sometimes to the point of cunning)
snjall adj (mentally quick or sharp)

Ingrian

4 entries

huima adj (skillful)
huima adj (mentally quick or sharp)
kavala adj (mentally quick or sharp)
meelövä adj (mentally quick or sharp)

Irish

1 entries

cliste adj (mentally quick or sharp)

Italian

4 entries

astuto adj (mentally quick or sharp)
brillante adj (mentally quick or sharp)
furbo adj (mentally quick or sharp)
geniale adj (things showing inventiveness or originality)

Japanese

4 entries

利口な adj (mentally quick or sharp)
巧い adj (nimble with hands or body)
敏い adj (mentally quick or sharp)
賢い adj (mentally quick or sharp)

Kazakh

1 entries

ақылды adj (mentally quick or sharp)

Khmer

1 entries

ឆ្លាត adj (mentally quick or sharp)

Korean

4 entries

똑똑하다 adj (mentally quick or sharp)
똑똑한 adj (mentally quick or sharp)
영리하다 adj (mentally quick or sharp)
영리한 adj (mentally quick or sharp)

Kott

1 entries

anaŋaja adj (mentally quick or sharp)

Kyrgyz

2 entries

акылдуу adj (mentally quick or sharp)
эстүү adj (mentally quick or sharp)

Lao

2 entries

ສລາດ adj (mentally quick or sharp)
ສະຫລາດ adj (mentally quick or sharp)

Latin

4 entries

callidus adj (mentally quick or sharp)
catus adj (mentally quick or sharp)
dolōsus adj (resourceful, sometimes to the point of cunning)
sapiens adj (mentally quick or sharp)

Latvian

1 entries

gudrs adj (mentally quick or sharp)

Lithuanian

1 entries

protingas adj (mentally quick or sharp)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries

mudry adj (mentally quick or sharp)

Macedonian

1 entries

умен adj (mentally quick or sharp)

Malay

1 entries

pandai adj (mentally quick or sharp)

Mingrelian

1 entries

ჭკვერი adj (mentally quick or sharp)

Mongolian

1 entries

ухаантай adj (mentally quick or sharp)

Māori

3 entries

ihumanea adj (mentally quick or sharp)
manea adj (mentally quick or sharp)
mūrere adj (resourceful, sometimes to the point of cunning)

Norwegian

4 entries

begavet adj (mentally quick or sharp)
intelligent adj (mentally quick or sharp)
klok adj (mentally quick or sharp)
skarpsindig adj (mentally quick or sharp)

Occitan

1 entries

lèst adj (mentally quick or sharp)

Persian

3 entries

باهوش adj (mentally quick or sharp)
زرنگ adj (mentally quick or sharp)
زیرک adj (mentally quick or sharp)

Polish

4 entries

bystry adj (mentally quick or sharp)
sprytny adj (mentally quick or sharp)
zdolny adj (mentally quick or sharp)
zmyślny adj (mentally quick or sharp)

Portuguese

4 entries

engenhoso adj (things showing inventiveness or originality)
esperto adj (mentally quick or sharp)
hábil adj (nimble with hands or body)
talentoso adj (skillful)

Romanian

2 entries

deștept adj (mentally quick or sharp)
îndemânatic adj (skillful)

Russian

4 entries

дарови́тый adj (skillful)
изобрета́тельный adj (things showing inventiveness or originality)
иску́сный adj (nimble with hands or body)
ло́вкий adj (nimble with hands or body)

Sanskrit

3 entries

चतुर adj (resourceful, sometimes to the point of cunning)
चतुर adj (mentally quick or sharp)
चतुर adj (things showing inventiveness or originality)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries

glic adj (mentally quick or sharp)
tapaidh adj (nimble with hands or body)
tapaidh adj (skillful)
tapaidh adj (mentally quick or sharp)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

pametan adj (mentally quick or sharp)
паметан adj (mentally quick or sharp)

Sinhalese

2 entries

දක්ෂ adj (mentally quick or sharp)
හපන් adj (mentally quick or sharp)

Slovak

1 entries

chytrý adj (mentally quick or sharp)

Slovene

1 entries

pameten adj (mentally quick or sharp)

Somali

1 entries

xariif adj (resourceful, sometimes to the point of cunning)

Spanish

4 entries

aguzado adj (mentally quick or sharp)
apañado adj (skillful)
astuto adj (mentally quick or sharp)
avispado adj (mentally quick or sharp)

Swahili

4 entries

erevu adj (nimble with hands or body)
erevu adj (skillful)
erevu adj (mentally quick or sharp)
erevu adj (things showing inventiveness or originality)

Swedish

2 entries

klok adj (mentally quick or sharp)
smart adj (mentally quick or sharp)

Tajik

3 entries

боақл adj (mentally quick or sharp)
оқил adj (mentally quick or sharp)
ҳушманд adj (mentally quick or sharp)

Tatar

1 entries

акыллы adj (mentally quick or sharp)

Telugu

2 entries

మంత్రజాలం adj (possessing magical abilities)
మేధావి adj (mentally quick or sharp)

Thai

1 entries

ฉลาด adj (mentally quick or sharp)

Turkish

4 entries

afacan adj (mentally quick or sharp)
akıllı adj (mentally quick or sharp)
becerikli adj (nimble with hands or body)
cingöz adj (resourceful, sometimes to the point of cunning)

Turkmen

1 entries

akylly adj (mentally quick or sharp)

Ukrainian

4 entries

винахі́дливий adj (things showing inventiveness or originality)
вмі́лий adj (nimble with hands or body)
вмі́лий adj (skillful)
впра́вний adj (nimble with hands or body)

Urdu

1 entries

ہوشیار adj (mentally quick or sharp)

Uzbek

2 entries

aqlli adj (mentally quick or sharp)
oqil adj (mentally quick or sharp)

Vietnamese

1 entries

thông minh adj (mentally quick or sharp)

Walloon

4 entries

abeye adj (nimble with hands or body)
adjete adj (nimble with hands or body)
adroet adj (nimble with hands or body)
adroete adj (nimble with hands or body)

Welsh

1 entries

clyfar adj (mentally quick or sharp)

Yiddish

1 entries

קלוג adj (mentally quick or sharp)

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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