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intelligent Definition

in·tel·li·gent (in tel′ə jənt)

adjective

  1. having or using intelligence; rational
  2. having or showing an alert mind or high intelligence; bright, perceptive, informed, clever, wise, etc.
    1. designating or of a terminal capable of performing certain functions with the data, independently of the computer
    2. equipped with a microprocessor or computer an intelligent missile
  4. Archaic aware (of something)

Etymology: L intelligens, prp. of intelligere: see intellect

intelligent Related Forms

in·tel′·li·gently adverb

intelligent Synonyms

intelligent

modif.

  1. Said of persons or beings

    clever, bright, astute, acute, smart, brilliant, perceptive, well-informed, resourceful, profound, penetrating, original, exceptional, perspicacious, keen, imaginative, inventive, reasonable, capable, able, precocious, gifted, ingenious, knowledgeable, creative, alive, responsible, understanding, alert, quick-witted, keen-witted, clearheaded, quick, sharp, witty, ready, calculating, rational, thoughtful, comprehending, listening to reason, discerning, having one's wits about one, having it in one, discriminating, knowing, intellectual, on the qui vive, sagacious, studious, contemplative, having a head on one's shoulders, talented, apt, deep, sage, wise, shrewd, brainy*, smart as a whip*, all there*, on the ball*, on the beam*, not born yesterday*, nobody's fool*, crazy like a fox*; see also clever 1, judicious.

    Antonyms dull*, slow-witted*, stupid. *

  2. Said of conduct

    sensible, farsighted, rational; see sense 1; judicious.

intelligent implies the ability to learn or understand from experience or to respond successfully to a new experience; clever implies quickness in learning or understanding, but sometimes connotes a lack of thoroughness or depth; alert emphasizes quickness in sizing up a situation; bright and smart are somewhat informal, less precise equivalents for any of the preceding; brilliant implies an unusually high degree of intelligence; intellectual suggests keen intelligence coupled with interest and ability in the more advanced fields of knowledge

intelligent Usage Examples

Adjective complement with noun phrase

say: Ok I am one of the few americans here so I have to say something intelligent.

Modifies a noun

  • robot: When intelligent robots are sent into hazardous situations, fewer human lives are put at risk.
  • agent: A certain type of intelligent agent is called a spider.
  • creature: How to draw a Cartoon Pig Pigs are lots of fun and quite intelligent creatures.
  • routing: The Tenor integrates a gateway, a gatekeeper, and intelligent call routing, and supports QoS all in one solution.
  • being: But Psyche is powered by the minds of intelligent beings and Mentor intends to feed the Alphans to his machine!
  • lyric: Her vocals roar out the literate, intelligent lyrics with brutal honesty.

Modifying Another Word

  • emotionally: There is a lot of praise for emotionally intelligent, even humble, leaders.
  • fiercely: We all know him as a fiercely intelligent man, an outstanding linguist, academic and manager of people.
  • highly: Primates are highly intelligent, social animals with complex behavior.
  • sensitively: Sensitively intelligent, there was no escaping the significance of the only possible deduction.
  • reasonably: I consider myself reasonably intelligent ( tho definitely slow to understand some things ), but I'm lost in the impl.. .
  • extremely: An example of this is a criminal who lacks moral conscience but is extremely intelligent.

Infinitive complement

  • know: They would, of course, like to ban tobacco altogether but are intelligent enough to know that is not feasible.
  • say: Each of these is the same kind of thing with endless swearing and nothing intelligent to say.

Used with adjective complement

  • become: The thing about Maurice and the rats is that they have become intelligent having been eating off the Wizards rubbish dump.
  • consider: In 1950 he described a Test for deciding if a machine could be considered intelligent.
  • provide: Provide intelligent, creative business solutions to improve quality and reduce cost.
  • include: Applications include intelligent CRT terminals, information display systems and video games.

Preposition: in

way: Intelligent machines As computer processing power continues to increase, computers will become ever more intelligent in the way they interact with humans.