It is not the strongest of the species that survives, not the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.
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Intelligent
//ɪnˈtɛlɪd͡ʒənt//
Synonyms for "intelligent" (153 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (31)
Strong matches (46)
Related words (76)
mindfulmoldablemotivatednimblenoeticnoologicalnot so dumbomniscientpenetratingperceptivepercipientperspicaciousphrenicplasticpliablepoliticprecociouspsychicpsychologicpsychological
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quick-wittedreadyreasonablereasoningreceptiveripe for instructionsagacioussagesanesavvyschoolablescintillatingsearchingsensiblesharpshrewdsmartsmart as whipsophicsoundspiritualstrong mindedstrong-mindedsubjectivesusceptibleteachablethinkingthirsty for knowledgetrainableunderstandingwell informedwillingwise
Adjective(19 words)
Adjective(4 words)
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1 entriesAntonyms
2 entriesSynonyms
3 entriesRelated terms
5 entriescapable of
1 entriesderived
21 entriesartificially intelligentgeneral intelligent actionhyperintelligentintelligent agentintelligent character recognitionintelligent dance musicintelligent designintelligent designerintelligent designismintelligent disobedienceintelligent fallingintelligent guessintelligent hauntingintelligent systemintelligent terminalintelligent transportation system
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1 entriesrelated to
11 entriessimilar
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Translations
145 translations across 70 languages.
Adyghe
1 entries- акъыл adj (of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright)
Albanian
1 entries- i zgjuar adj (of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- συνετός adj (of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright)
- ἔμφρων adj (of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright)
Arabic
2 entries- ذَكِيّ adj (of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright)
- زكي adj (of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright)
Armenian
2 entries- խելացի adj (of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright)
- խելոք adj (of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright)
Aromanian
1 entries- dishteptu adj (of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright)
Assamese
1 entries- বুধিয়ক adj (of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright)
Asturian
2 entries- intelixente adj (of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright)
- intelixente adj (well thought-out, well considered)
Bashkir
1 entries- аҡыллы adj (of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright)
Belarusian
1 entries- разу́мны adj (of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright)
Bengali
1 entries- বুদ্ধিমান adj (of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright)
Bulgarian
4 entries- интелигентен adj (of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright)
- разумен adj (well thought-out, well considered)
- смислен adj (characterized by thoughtful interaction)
- схватлив adj (of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright)
Catalan
3 entries- intel·ligent adj (of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright)
- intel·ligent adj (well thought-out, well considered)
- intel·ligent adj (characterized by thoughtful interaction)
Central Kurdish
3 entries- زیرەک adj (of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright)
- زیرەک adj (well thought-out, well considered)
- زیرەک adj (characterized by thoughtful interaction)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᎠᏌᎹᏗ adj (of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 聰慧 /聪慧 adj (of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright)
- 聰明 /聪明 adj (of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright)
Czech
1 entries- inteligentní adj (of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright)
Dutch
4 entries- doordacht adj (well thought-out, well considered)
- intelligent adj (of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright)
- intelligent adj (well thought-out, well considered)
- intelligent adj (characterized by thoughtful interaction)
Esperanto
1 entries- inteligenta adj (of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright)
Finnish
3 entries- älykäs adj (of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright)
- älykäs adj (well thought-out, well considered)
- älyllinen adj (characterized by thoughtful interaction)
French
4 entries- intelligent adj (of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright)
- intelligent adj (well thought-out, well considered)
- intelligent adj (characterized by thoughtful interaction)
- intelligent adj (having at least a similar level of brain power to humankind)
Galician
3 entries- espelido adj (of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright)
- intelixente adj (of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright)
- intelixente adj (well thought-out, well considered)
Georgian
2 entries- ინტელიგენტური adj (of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright)
- საზრიანი adj (of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright)
German
4 entries- intelligent adj (of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright)
- intelligent adj (well thought-out, well considered)
- intelligent adj (characterized by thoughtful interaction)
- intelligent adj (having at least a similar level of brain power to humankind)
Greek
3 entries- έξυπνος adj (of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright)
- έξυπνος adj (well thought-out, well considered)
- νοήμων adj (having at least a similar level of brain power to humankind)
Hebrew
1 entries- נָבוֹן adj (of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright)
Hindi
3 entries- चतुर adj (of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright)
- बुद्धिमान adj (of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright)
- सयाना adj (of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright)
Hungarian
1 entries- intelligens adj (of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright)
Icelandic
1 entries- gáfaður adj (of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright)
Ido
1 entries- inteligenta adj (of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright)
Irish
1 entries- éirimiúil adj (of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright)
Italian
4 entries- intelligente adj (of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright)
- intelligente adj (well thought-out, well considered)
- intelligente adj (characterized by thoughtful interaction)
- intelligente adj (having at least a similar level of brain power to humankind)
Japanese
3 entries- 利口な adj (of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright)
- 聡明な adj (of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright)
- 賢い adj (of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright)
Karakhanid
1 entries- بِلْكا adj (of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright)
Kavalan
1 entries- msanem adj (of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright)
Khmer
1 entries- ឆ្លាត adj (of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright)
Korean
3 entries- 똑똑하다 adj (of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright)
- 똑똑한 adj (of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright)
- 총명하다 adj (of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright)
Latin
2 entries- catus adj (of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright)
- intelligens adj (of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright)
Latvian
3 entries- gudrs adj (of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright)
- prātīgs adj (of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright)
- saprātīgs adj (of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright)
Lingala
1 entries- mayele adj (of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright)
Lithuanian
1 entries- protingas adj (of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright)
Malay
2 entries- cerdas adj (of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright)
- pintar adj (of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright)
Malayalam
1 entries- ബുദ്ധിയുള്ള adj (of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright)
Mongolian
1 entries- ухаалаг adj (of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright)
Māori
2 entries- koi te hinengaro adj (of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright)
- punenga adj (of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright)
Norwegian
1 entries- intelligent adj (of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright)
Occitan
2 entries- intelligent adj (of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright)
- intelligent adj (well thought-out, well considered)
Old English
1 entries- andġietol adj (of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright)
Persian
2 entries- باهوش adj (of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright)
- هوشمند adj (of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright)
Plautdietsch
2 entries- Forcht adj (of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright)
- beschläpen adj (of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright)
Polish
1 entries- inteligentny adj (of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright)
Portuguese
3 entries- inteligente adj (of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright)
- inteligente adj (well thought-out, well considered)
- inteligente adj (characterized by thoughtful interaction)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਅਕਲਮੰਦ adj (of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright)
Romanian
2 entries- deștept adj (of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright)
- inteligent adj (of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright)
Russian
4 entries- здра́вый adj (well thought-out, well considered)
- поня́тливый adj (of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright)
- проду́манный adj (well thought-out, well considered)
- разу́мный adj (of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright)
Sango
1 entries- mayele adj (of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright)
Sanskrit
3 entries- चतुर adj (of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright)
- प्रज्ञ adj (of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright)
- मनु adj (of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright)
Sicilian
2 entries- ntilliggenti adj (of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright)
- spertu adj (of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright)
Slovak
1 entries- inteligentný adj (of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright)
Spanish
4 entries- inteligente adj (of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright)
- inteligente adj (well thought-out, well considered)
- inteligente adj (characterized by thoughtful interaction)
- inteligente adj (having at least a similar level of brain power to humankind)
Swahili
1 entries- akili adj (of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright)
Swedish
4 entries- intelligent adj (of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright)
- intelligent adj (characterized by thoughtful interaction)
- klok adj (of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright)
- klyftig adj (of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright)
Tagalog
4 entries- intelihente adj (of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright)
- intelihente adj (well thought-out, well considered)
- intelihente adj (characterized by thoughtful interaction)
- matalino adj (of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright)
Thai
1 entries- ฉลาด adj (of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright)
Turkish
1 entries- akıllı adj (of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright)
Ukrainian
1 entries- розу́мний adj (of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright)
Unami
1 entries- lëpwe adj (of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright)
Urdu
2 entries- سمجھدار adj (of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright)
- ہوشیار adj (of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright)
Vietnamese
1 entries- thông minh adj (of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright)
Welsh
1 entries- deallus adj (of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright)
Sample sentences
20 total sentences available.
The habits of highly intelligent people offer a clue as to how to do that.
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Mary is both intelligent and kind.
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Dr. Patterson: Not at all! Koko has taught us that gorillas are intelligent enough to learn sign language.
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.