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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; compare 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; compare 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
EXPANDpre·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
COLLAPSESynonyms
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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intelligent
c.1500, a back formation from intelligence or else from L. intelligens, prp. of intelligere (see intelligence).
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