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in·tel·li·gent (in tel′ə jənt)
adjective
- having or using intelligence; rational
- having or showing an alert mind or high intelligence; bright, perceptive, informed, clever, wise, etc.
- designating or of a terminal capable of performing certain functions with the data, independently of the computer
- equipped with a microprocessor or computer an intelligent missile
- Archaic aware (of something)
Etymology: L intelligens, prp. of intelligere: see intellect
Related Forms:
- intelligently in·tel′·li·gently adverb
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
intelligent
modif.
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. * 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
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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.
Modifying Another Word
- emotionally: There is a lot of praise for emotionally intelligent, even humble, leaders.
Infinitive complement
- know: They would, of course, like to ban tobacco altogether but are intelligent enough to know that is not feasible.
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.
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.
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The best audience is intelligent, well-educated and a little drunk.
You probably know, the better class of Briton likes to send his children away to school until they're old and intelligentenoughto comehomeagain.Thenthey'retoo old and intelligent to want to.
The scrupulous and the just, the noble, humane, and devoted natures; the unselfish and the intelligent may begin a movementöbut it passes away from them.They are not the leaders of a revolution. Theyare its victims.
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