Clever

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Mentally quick and original; bright.
  • adj. Nimble with the hands or body; dexterous.
  • adj. Exhibiting quick-wittedness: a clever story.
  • adj. New England Easily managed; docile: "Oxen must be pretty clever to be bossed around the way they are” ( Dialect Notes).
  • adj. New England Affable but not especially smart.
  • adj. Chiefly Southern U.S. Good-natured; amiable. See Regional Note at ugly.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Nimble with hands or body; skillful; adept.
  • adj. Resourceful, sometimes to the point of cunning.
  • adj. Smart, intelligent or witty; mentally quick or sharp.
  • adj. Showing inventiveness or originality; witty.
  • adj. Possessing magical abilities.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Possessing quickness of intellect, skill, dexterity, talent, or adroitness; expert.
  • adj. Showing skill or adroitness in the doer or former.
  • adj. Having fitness, propriety, or suitableness.
  • adj. Well-shaped; handsome.
  • adj. Good-natured; obliging.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Possessing skill or address; having special ability of any kind, especially such as involves quickness of intellect or mechanical dexterity; adroit. It now commonly implies the possession of ability which, though noteworthy, does not amount to genius, nor even to a high degree of talent.
  • Indicative of or exhibiting cleverness: as, a clever speech; a clever trick.
  • Well shaped; active-looking; handsome.
  • Good-natured; obliging; complaisant; possessing an agreeable mind or disposition.
  • Agreeable; pleasant; comfortable; nice: as, “these clever apartments,”
  • Synonyms Adroit, Dexterous, Expert, etc. (see adroit); ready, quick, ingenious, neat-handed, knowing, sharp, bright.
  • A variant of claver.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. showing inventiveness and skill
  • adj. mentally quick and resourceful
  • adj. showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others
  • Equivalent
    adroit    intelligent    smart   
    Antonym
    dull    ineffectual    stupid   
    Cross Reference
    obliging   
    Form
    cleverly    cleverness   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    smart    expert    well-shaped    handsome    good-natured    obliging    intelligent    cunning    ingenious    adroit   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Trevor    bever    endeavor    endeavour    ever    forever    haver    however    kever    lever   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    intelligent    ingenious    shrewd    able    smart    witty    ambitious    stupid