intelligent
/ɪnˈtɛlɪdʒ(ə)nt
/adjective
1Having or showing intelligence, especially of a high level: Anna is intelligent and hard-working an intelligent guess...
- He said that the media knew about the uniform floor rates and the increase in taxes was an intelligent guess.
- Backs can make intelligent guesses at what needs to be done; forwards just know it.
- Tina appears shy at first, but underneath that is a very hardworking, intelligent girl.
Synonyms
clever, bright, brilliant, sharp, quick, quick-witted, quick on the uptake, smart, canny, astute, intuitive, thinking, acute, alert, keen, insightful, perceptive, perspicacious, penetrating, discerning;
ingenious, inventive;
knowledgeable;
apt, able, gifted, talented
informal brainy, genius
(be intelligent) informalhave a good head on one's shoulders, there are no flies on …
British informal know how many beans make five
North American informal whip-smart
rational, capable of thought, higher-order
1.1(Of a device or building) able to vary its state or action in response to varying situations and past experience.Yet when it comes to our homes the future has already happened and intelligent houses have become a reality....
- So if you're the intelligent user of these super intelligent gadgets, you can rest easy.
- The show, and it is a show, features intelligent lighting and a state of the art sound system.
Synonyms
robotic, automatic, self-regulating, capable of learning
informal smart
1.2(Of a computer terminal) incorporating a microprocessor and having its own processing capability. Often contrasted with dumb.So the approach adopts object-based storage, or intelligent disk drives.
Origin
Early 16th century: from Latin intelligent- 'understanding', from the verb intelligere, variant of intellegere 'understand', from inter 'between' + legere 'choose'.
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