intelligent
Use Intelligent in a sentence
ɪ adjective
1.
having good understanding or a high mental capacity; quick to comprehend, as persons or animals: an intelligent student.
2.
displaying or characterized by quickness of understanding, sound thought, or good judgment: an intelligent reply.
3.
having the faculty of reasoning and understanding; possessing intelligence: intelligent beings in outer space.
4.
Computers. pertaining to the ability to do data processing locally; smart: An intelligent terminal can edit input before transmission to a host computer. Compare dumb ( def 8 ).
5.
Archaic. having understanding or knowledge (usually followed by of ).
Origin:
1500–10; < Latin intelligent- (stem of intelligēns, present participle of intelligere, variant of intellegere to understand, literally, choose between), equivalent to intel- (variant of inter- inter-) + -lig- (combining form of leg-, stem of legere to pick up, choose; cf. lection) + -ent- -ent
1500–10; < Latin intelligent- (stem of intelligēns, present participle of intelligere, variant of intellegere to understand, literally, choose between), equivalent to intel- (variant of inter- inter-) + -lig- (combining form of leg-, stem of legere to pick up, choose; cf. lection) + -ent- -ent
Related forms
in·tel·li·gent·ly, adverb
hy·per·in·tel·li·gent, adjective
hy·per·in·tel·li·gent·ly, adverb
non·in·tel·li·gent, adjective
non·in·tel·li·gent·ly, adverb
pre·in·tel·li·gent, adjective
pre·in·tel·li·gent·ly, adverb
qua·si-in·tel·li·gent, adjective
qua·si-in·tel·li·gent·ly, adverb
sem·i-in·tel·li·gent, adjective
sem·i-in·tel·li·gent·ly, adverb
su·per·in·tel·li·gent, adjective
Synonyms
1. bright. Intelligent, intellectual describe distinctive mental capacity. Intelligent often suggests a natural quickness of understanding: an intelligent reader. Intellectual implies not only having a high degree of understanding, but also a capacity and taste for the higher forms of knowledge: intellectual interests. 2. astute, clever, alert, bright, apt, discerning, shrewd, smart. See sharp.
1. bright. Intelligent, intellectual describe distinctive mental capacity. Intelligent often suggests a natural quickness of understanding: an intelligent reader. Intellectual implies not only having a high degree of understanding, but also a capacity and taste for the higher forms of knowledge: intellectual interests. 2. astute, clever, alert, bright, apt, discerning, shrewd, smart. See sharp.
Antonyms
1, 2. stupid.
1, 2. stupid.
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| —adj (foll by of) | |
| 1. | having or indicating intelligence |
| 2. | having high intelligence; clever |
| 3. | indicating high intelligence; perceptive: an intelligent guess |
| 4. | guided by reason; rational |
| 5. | (of computerized functions) able to modify action in the light of ongoing events |
| 6. | archaic having knowledge or information: they were intelligent of his whereabouts |
| in'telligently | |
| —adv | |
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
intelligent
c.1500, a back formation from intelligence or else from L. intelligens, prp. of intelligere (see intelligence).
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Example sentences
For this reason, the emulation of possible futures is one of the key businesses that intelligent brains invest in.
If your answer is not in the negative you are not as intelligent as you think you are.
He was extremely intelligent, though he was certainly rather a simpleton at times.
The question remains as to how often, after life evolves, you'll have intelligent life capable of making technology.
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