Defenition of the word clever

• Defenition of the word clever

  • Mentally agile.
  • Of high or especially quick cognitive capacity.
  • skillful (or showing skill) in adapting means to ends; "cool prudence and sensitive selfishness along with quick perception of what is possible--these distinguish an adroit politician"; "came up with a clever story"; "an ingenious press agent"; "an ingenious scheme"
  • mentally quick and resourceful; "an apt pupil"; "you are a clever man...you reason well and your wit is bold"-Bram Stoker
  • showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others; "a cagey lawyer"; "too clever to be sound"
  • showing inventiveness and skill; "a clever gadget"; "the cunning maneuvers leading to his success""; "an ingenious solution to the problem"
  • showing inventiveness and skill; "a clever gadget"; "the cunning maneuvers leading to his success"; "an ingenious solution to the problem"
  • skillful (or showing skill) in adapting means to ends; "cool prudence and sensitive selfishness along with quick perception of what is possible--these distinguish an adroit politician"; "came up with a clever story"; "an ingenious press agent"; "an ingeni
  • showing inventiveness and skill
  • showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others
  • mentally quick and resourceful

Synonyms for the word clever

• • able
  • adept
  • adroit
  • apt
  • astute
  • brainy
  • bright
  • cagey
  • cagy
  • canny
  • crafty
  • cunning
  • dexterous
  • gifted
  • ingenious
  • intellectual
  • intelligent
  • knowledgeable
  • nimble
  • on the ball
  • quick
  • sharp
  • shrewd
  • skilled
  • skillful
  • smart
  • talented
  • wily
  • witty

Similar words in the clever

• • adroit
  • artful
  • clever
  • cleverly
  • cleverness
  • cleverness's
  • intelligent
  • smart

Hypernyms for the word clever

• • surname

Antonyms for the word clever

• • clumsy
  • stupid

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