To have doubts about oneself is the first sign of intelligence.
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Intelligence
//ɪnˈtɛl.ɪ.d͡ʒəns//
Synonyms for "intelligence" (261 found)
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Closest matches (53)
Strong matches (78)
discernmentdiscourse of reasondiscretiondiscursive reasondispatchdocilitydopeeducabilityelectronic surveillanceenlightenmentespialespionageespritevidenceevil spiritevil spiritsexperienceexpertisefacilityfacts
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factual basefactual informationfamiliarityfamiliarizationfindingsfollowingforeknowledgefourth estategengeneral informationgeniusgoodsgraspgray mattergripguidebookhandouthard informationheadheadpiecehistoryideationimaginationimpressionabilityincidental informationinfoinformationinsideinsightinstructionintintellectintellectionintellectualintellectual facultyintellectualityintelligence bureauintelligence quotientintelligence serviceintelligence workintimacyiqjournalismjudgementjudgmentkeennesskenknowknow howknow-how
Related words (130)
knowingknowledgelightlogiclow-downmalleabilitymasterymensmental capacitymental graspmentalitymentionmessagemilitary intelligencemindmoldabilitymother witmotivationnaval intelligencenews agency
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news mediumnews servicenewsinessnewsletternewsmagazinenewspapernewsworthinessnoticenotificationnousobservationpenetrationperceptionpercipienceperspicaciousnessperspicacityplasticitypliabilitypooppower of reasonpractical knowledgeprecognitionprehensionpresentationpresspress associationprivate knowledgeprivitypromotional materialproofpsychepublicationpublicityquicknessradioratioratio cognoscendirationalityreadinessreasonreasoningreasoning facultyreceptivityreleasereportreportagerhymesagacitysanitysavvyscoopsecret policesecret serviceself-knowledgesenseshadowingshrewdnesssidelightsmartnesssmartsspecterspiritspyingstakeoutstatementsupernatural beingsurveillancesusceptibilitytailingteachabilityteachablenesstechnictechnicstechniquetelegraph agencytelevisionthe dopethe fourth estatethe goodsthe knowthe pressthe scoopthoughttidingstrailingtrainablenesstransmissionunderstandingvernunftwhite bookwhite paperwillingnesswire servicewiretapwiretappingwisdomwise manword
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7 entriesAntonyms
3 entriesSynonyms
4 entriesRelated terms
12 entriesat location
1 entriescapable of
1 entriesderived
54 entriesShowing 16 of 54 words.
distinct from
1 entrieshas a
1 entrieshas property
2 entriesholonym
1 entriesis a
7 entriesreceives action
1 entriesrelated to
60 entriesShowing 16 of 60 words.
used for
1 entriesTranslations
293 translations across 89 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- intelligensie noun (department, agency or unit)
Albanian
1 entries- zbulimit noun (capacity of mind)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- σύνεσις noun (capacity of mind)
Arabic
4 entries- جِهَاز الْمُخَابَرَات noun (department, agency or unit)
- ذَكَاء noun (capacity of mind)
- عَقْل noun (capacity of mind)
- مَعْلُومَات noun (information about the enemy)
Aragonese
1 entries- intelichencia noun (capacity of mind)
Armenian
3 entries- բանականություն noun (capacity of mind)
- խելք noun (capacity of mind)
- հետախուզություն noun (department, agency or unit)
Assamese
2 entries- বুদ্ধি noun (capacity of mind)
- মন noun (capacity of mind)
Asturian
1 entries- intelixencia noun (capacity of mind)
Azerbaijani
3 entries- ağıl noun (capacity of mind)
- kəşfiyyat noun (department, agency or unit)
- kəşfiyyat məlumatı noun (information about the enemy)
Bashkir
1 entries- аҡыл noun (capacity of mind)
Basque
1 entries- inteligentzia noun (department, agency or unit)
Belarusian
4 entries- выве́дка noun (department, agency or unit)
- глузд noun (capacity of mind)
- разве́дка noun (department, agency or unit)
- разведда́нныя noun (information about the enemy)
Bengali
1 entries- বুদ্ধি noun (capacity of mind)
Bulgarian
4 entries- акъ́л noun (capacity of mind)
- интеле́кт noun (capacity of mind)
- разсъ́дък noun (capacity of mind)
- разузна́ване noun (information about the enemy)
Burmese
2 entries- ဉာဏ noun (capacity of mind)
- အသိဉာဏ် noun (capacity of mind)
Catalan
4 entries- intel·ligència noun (capacity of mind)
- intel·ligència noun (entity that has such capacities)
- intel·ligència noun (department, agency or unit)
- llestesa noun (capacity of mind)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- هۆش noun (capacity of mind)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 心智 noun (capacity of mind)
- 情報 /情报 noun (information about the enemy)
- 情報機構 /情报机构 noun (department, agency or unit)
- 智力 noun (capacity of mind)
Church Slavic
1 entries- разумъ noun (capacity of mind)
Czech
4 entries- intelekt noun (capacity of mind)
- inteligence noun (capacity of mind)
- inteligence noun (entity that has such capacities)
- rozum noun (capacity of mind)
Danish
4 entries- efterretninger noun (information about the enemy)
- efterretningstjeneste noun (department, agency or unit)
- intelligens noun (capacity of mind)
- intelligens noun (entity that has such capacities)
Dutch
4 entries- inlichtingen noun (information about the enemy)
- inlichtingendienst noun (department, agency or unit)
- intelligent wezen noun (entity that has such capacities)
- intelligentie noun (capacity of mind)
Esperanto
2 entries- inteligenteco noun (capacity of mind)
- inteligento noun (entity that has such capacities)
Estonian
4 entries- aru noun (capacity of mind)
- arukus noun (capacity of mind)
- intellekt noun (capacity of mind)
- intelligents noun (capacity of mind)
Faroese
2 entries- fregnartænasta noun (department, agency or unit)
- vit noun (capacity of mind)
Finnish
4 entries- sotilastiedustelu noun (department, agency or unit)
- tiedustelutieto noun (information about the enemy)
- äly noun (capacity of mind)
- älykkyys noun (capacity of mind)
French
3 entries- intelligence noun (capacity of mind)
- renseignements noun (information about the enemy)
- renseignements noun (department, agency or unit)
Galician
2 entries- intelixencia noun (capacity of mind)
- intelixencia noun (department, agency or unit)
Georgian
4 entries- გონებრივი შესაძლებლობები noun (capacity of mind)
- დაზვერვა noun (information about the enemy)
- დაზვერვის ორგანო noun (department, agency or unit)
- ინტელექტი noun (capacity of mind)
German
4 entries- Geheimdienst noun (department, agency or unit)
- Geheimdienstinformationen noun (information about the enemy)
- Intelligenz noun (capacity of mind)
- Klugheit noun (capacity of mind)
Greek
4 entries- νοήμων noun (entity that has such capacities)
- νοημοσύνη noun (capacity of mind)
- πληροφορία noun (information about the enemy)
- υπηρεσία πληροφοριών noun (department, agency or unit)
Hausa
1 entries- fahami noun (capacity of mind)
Hebrew
4 entries- אִינְטֶלִיגֶנְצְיָה noun (capacity of mind)
- אגף המודיעין noun (department, agency or unit)
- בִּיּוּן noun (information about the enemy)
- מוֹדִיעִין noun (information about the enemy)
Hindi
3 entries- आसूचना noun (information about the enemy)
- आसूचना noun (department, agency or unit)
- बुद्धि noun (capacity of mind)
Hungarian
3 entries- hírszerzés noun (department, agency or unit)
- intelligencia noun (capacity of mind)
- ész noun (capacity of mind)
Icelandic
3 entries- greind noun (capacity of mind)
- leyniþjónusta noun (department, agency or unit)
- vitsmunir noun (capacity of mind)
Ido
1 entries- inteligenteso noun (capacity of mind)
Indonesian
4 entries- dinas intelijen noun (department, agency or unit)
- intelijen noun (information about the enemy)
- intelijen noun (department, agency or unit)
- kecerdasan noun (capacity of mind)
Ingrian
1 entries- äly noun (capacity of mind)
Iranian Persian
4 entries- اِطِّلاعات noun (information about the enemy)
- اِطِّلاعات noun (department, agency or unit)
- عَقْل noun (capacity of mind)
- هوش noun (capacity of mind)
Irish
4 entries- faisnéis noun (information about the enemy)
- intleacht noun (entity that has such capacities)
- meabhair noun (capacity of mind)
- rannóg faisnéise noun (department, agency or unit)
Italian
1 entries- intelligenza noun (capacity of mind)
Japanese
3 entries- 情報 noun (information about the enemy)
- 情報機関 noun (department, agency or unit)
- 知性 noun (capacity of mind)
Javanese
2 entries- ꦥꦫꦶꦥꦶꦤ꧀ꦠꦼꦂ noun (capacity of mind)
- ꦮꦱꦮꦶꦢꦾ noun (information about the enemy)
Kashmiri
3 entries- بۄد noun (capacity of mind)
- عَقٕل noun (capacity of mind)
- گاٹہٕ noun (capacity of mind)
Kazakh
2 entries- ақыл noun (capacity of mind)
- барлау noun (department, agency or unit)
Khmer
2 entries- ញាណ noun (capacity of mind)
- បញ្ញា noun (capacity of mind)
Korean
4 entries- 이해력 noun (capacity of mind)
- 정보 noun (information about the enemy)
- 정보기관 noun (department, agency or unit)
- 지력 noun (capacity of mind)
Kyrgyz
2 entries- акыл noun (capacity of mind)
- разведка noun (department, agency or unit)
Lao
2 entries- ປັນຍາ noun (capacity of mind)
- ສະໝອງ noun (capacity of mind)
Latin
3 entries- ingenium noun (capacity of mind)
- intelligentia noun (capacity of mind)
- nūntius noun (information about the enemy)
Latvian
3 entries- gudrība noun (capacity of mind)
- inteliģence noun (capacity of mind)
- saprāts noun (capacity of mind)
Lithuanian
1 entries- inteligencija noun (capacity of mind)
Macedonian
4 entries- акал noun (capacity of mind)
- интелиге́нција noun (entity that has such capacities)
- интелигенција noun (capacity of mind)
- разузна́вачка слу́жба noun (department, agency or unit)
Malay
1 entries- kecerdasan noun (capacity of mind)
Mongolian
1 entries- оюун ухаан noun (capacity of mind)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- hiş noun (capacity of mind)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- etterretning noun (information about the enemy)
- intelligens noun (capacity of mind)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- etterretning noun (information about the enemy)
- intelligens noun (capacity of mind)
Old East Slavic
1 entries- розумъ noun (capacity of mind)
Old English
1 entries- orþanc noun (capacity of mind)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- عقل noun (capacity of mind)
- هوش noun (capacity of mind)
Polish
4 entries- intelekt noun (capacity of mind)
- inteligencja noun (capacity of mind)
- rozsądek noun (capacity of mind)
- rozum noun (capacity of mind)
Portuguese
4 entries- inteligência noun (capacity of mind)
- inteligência noun (entity that has such capacities)
- inteligência noun (information about the enemy)
- inteligência noun (department, agency or unit)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਅਕਲ noun (capacity of mind)
Romanian
4 entries- deșteptăciune noun (capacity of mind)
- informații noun (information about the enemy)
- inteligență noun (capacity of mind)
- inteligență noun (entity that has such capacities)
Russian
4 entries- интелле́кт noun (capacity of mind)
- интеллиге́нтность noun (capacity of mind)
- интеллиге́нция noun (entity that has such capacities)
- ра́зум noun (capacity of mind)
Sanskrit
3 entries- क्रतु noun (capacity of mind)
- प्रज्ञा noun (capacity of mind)
- मनस् noun (capacity of mind)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- inteligèncija noun (capacity of mind)
- inteligèncija noun (entity that has such capacities)
- obaveštajna služba noun (department, agency or unit)
- obavještajna služba noun (department, agency or unit)
Slovak
4 entries- intelekt noun (capacity of mind)
- inteligencia noun (capacity of mind)
- rozum noun (capacity of mind)
- rozviedka noun (department, agency or unit)
Slovene
3 entries- inteligenca noun (capacity of mind)
- obveščevalna služba noun (department, agency or unit)
- razum noun (capacity of mind)
Spanish
4 entries- información noun (information about the enemy)
- inteligencia noun (capacity of mind)
- inteligencia noun (information about the enemy)
- inteligencia noun (department, agency or unit)
Swedish
4 entries- intelligens noun (capacity of mind)
- intelligens noun (entity that has such capacities)
- underrättelse noun (information about the enemy)
- underrättelsetjänst noun (department, agency or unit)
Tagalog
4 entries- katalinuhan noun (capacity of mind)
- pamalay noun (information about the enemy)
- pamalayan noun (department, agency or unit)
- talino noun (capacity of mind)
Tajik
4 entries- ақл noun (capacity of mind)
- зеҳн noun (capacity of mind)
- разведка noun (department, agency or unit)
- ҳӯш noun (capacity of mind)
Tatar
1 entries- акыл noun (capacity of mind)
Telugu
1 entries- మేధస్సు noun (capacity of mind)
Thai
4 entries- ปรีชา noun (capacity of mind)
- ปัญญา noun (capacity of mind)
- สมอง noun (capacity of mind)
- เมธา noun (capacity of mind)
Turkish
4 entries- akıl noun (capacity of mind)
- akıllı yaşam noun (entity that has such capacities)
- anlayış noun (capacity of mind)
- istihbarat noun (information about the enemy)
Turkmen
2 entries- akyl noun (capacity of mind)
- razwedka noun (department, agency or unit)
Ukrainian
4 entries- глузд noun (capacity of mind)
- ро́звідка noun (department, agency or unit)
- ро́зум noun (capacity of mind)
- розві́дка noun (department, agency or unit)
Urdu
3 entries- استخبار noun (information about the enemy)
- استخبارات noun (information about the enemy)
- عَقْل noun (capacity of mind)
Uyghur
2 entries- ئەقىل noun (capacity of mind)
- رازۋېدكا noun (department, agency or unit)
Uzbek
2 entries- aql noun (capacity of mind)
- razvedka noun (department, agency or unit)
Vietnamese
3 entries- trí năng noun (capacity of mind)
- trí thông minh noun (capacity of mind)
- trí tuệ noun (capacity of mind)
Welsh
1 entries- dealltwriaeth noun (capacity of mind)
Woiwurrung
1 entries- yurlendj noun (capacity of mind)
Yiddish
1 entries- שׂכל noun (capacity of mind)
Zazaki
2 entries- aqil noun (capacity of mind)
- fam noun (capacity of mind)
Sample sentences
21 total sentences available.
Advertising may be described as the science of arresting the human intelligence long enough to get money from it.
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Cole's Axiom: The sum of the intelligence on the planet is a constant; the population is growing.
Source: tatoeba (2340)
Sometimes I doubt your intelligence.
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