Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright:
Русский
By meaning 2
of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright:
well thought-out, well considered:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright:

Examples

566 sentences

  1. Tom is more intelligent than Mary.

    Том розумніший за Мері. — deniko

    ruТом умнее Мэри. — odexed

    deTom ist intelligenter als Mary. — Kuraimegami

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  2. I know that Tom is intelligent.

    Я знаю, що Том розумний. — deniko

    ruЯ знаю, что Том умный. — marafon

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  3. Tom is more intelligent than Mary thinks.

    Ром розумніший, ніж вважає Мері. — deniko

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Meaning

5 senses

  1. Of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright.

    klug, intelligent

    у́мныйúmnyj, разу́мныйrazúmnyj, сообрази́тельныйsoobrazítelʹnyj

    розу́мнийrozúmnyj

    having the capacity for thought and reason especially to a high degree

  2. Well thought-out, well considered.

    The engineer had a very intelligent design proposal for the new car.

    The general devised an intelligent strategy for the southern campaign.

    klug, intelligent

    у́мныйúmnyj, проду́манныйprodúmannyj, разу́мныйrazúmnyj

  3. Characterized by thoughtful interaction.

    My girlfriend and I had an intelligent conversation.

    intelligent

More meanings 2

  1. Having at least a similar level of brain power to humankind.

    The hunt for extraterrestrial intelligent life continues.

    intelligent

  2. Having an environment-sensing automatically-invoked built-in computer capability.

    an intelligent network or keyboard

Origin

From Middle French intelligent, from Latin intellegēns (“discerning”), present active part

From Middle French intelligent, from Latin intellegēns (“discerning”), present active participle of intellegō (“understand, comprehend”), itself from inter (“between”) + legō (“choose, pick out, read”).

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Forms

more intelligent, most intelligent
Comparativemore intelligent Lesson
Superlativemost intelligent Lesson

regular

Synonyms

8 synonyms
Having at least a similar level of brain power to humankind:self-aware
Close in meaning

Antonyms

3 antonyms
stupidB1dumbB2unintelligent

Word family

21 related words
RelatedintelligenceA2wittyB2learnedwily
Derivedartificially intelligenthyperintelligentintelligent agentintelligent designintelligent designerintelligent designismintelligent disobedienceintelligent fallingintelligent guessintelligent hauntingintelligentizationintelligentnessintelligent systemintelligent terminalnonintelligentsuperintelligentultraintelligent

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

Collocations

12 patterns
  • a very intelligent
  • more intelligent
  • much more intelligent
  • as intelligent as
  • intelligent man
  • is more intelligent
  • very intelligent guy
  • an intelligent man
  • the most intelligent
  • intelligent person
  • intelligent guy
  • isn't as intelligent

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
intellectualB2intellectualismintellectuallyintelligenceA2intelligentlyintelligentsiaintelligibilityintelligible

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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