Clever
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English
Adjective
Clever (comparative cleverer or more Clever, superlative cleverest or most Clever)
- smart, intelligent or witty, in the sense of being mentally quick or sharp
- resourceful, sometimes to the point of cunning
- nimble with hands or body; skillful
- showing inventiveness or originality.
- (Australian Aboriginal) possessing magical abilities
Adverbs for Clever
incredibly; admirably; remarkably; dangerously; palpably; obviously; undeniably; suspiciously; neatly; matchlessly; craftily; masterfully; wonderfully; constitutionally; innately; instinctively; inherently; subtly; cunningly; capably; competently; proficiently; deftly; discreetly; handily; notably; strikingly; consummately; diabolically; slyly; fiendishly; peculiarly; artfully; marvelously; adroitly;
Synonyms for Clever
Antonyms for Clever
Derived terms
Thesaurus
adept, adroit, agile, alert, all-around, amusing, apt, arch, artful, artistic, astute, authoritative, biting, brainy, bravura, bright, brilliant, cagey, canny, capable, clean, competent, coordinated, coruscating, crack, crackerjack, crafty, creative, cunning, cute, daedal, dazzling, deceitful, deep, deep-laid, deft, designing, dexterous, dextrous, diplomatic, discerning, docile, droll, educable, entertaining, excellent, expert, facetious, facile, fanciful, fancy, feline, formable, foxy, funny, gifted, good, goodish, graceful, guileful, handy, humorous, humorsome, imaginative, impressionable, ingenious, insidious, instructable, intelligent, inventive, jesting, jocose, jocular, joking, joky, joshing, keen, keen-witted, knowing, laughable, magisterial, malleable, many-sided, masterful, masterly, moldable, mordant, motivated, neat, neat-handed, nimble, nimble-witted, no dumbbell, no mean, not born yesterday, original, pawky, perceptive, piquant, plastic, pleasing, pliable, pointed, politic, pretty, professional, proficient, prompt, pungent, qualified, quick, quick-thinking, quick-witted, quite some, racy, rapier-like, ready, receptive, resourceful, ripe for instruction, risible, sagacious, sage, salt, salty, scheming, schoolable, scintillating, serpentine, sharp, sharp-witted, shifty, shrewd, skilled, skillful, slick, slim, slippery, sly, smart, smooth, snaky, sneaky, some, sophistical, sparkling, sprightly, statesmanlike, stealthy, steel-trap, strategic, stylish, subtile, subtle, supple, susceptible, tactful, tactical, talented, teachable, the compleat, the complete, thirsty for knowledge, trainable, trickish, tricksy, tricky, versatile, virtuoso, vulpine, wary, well-considered, well-contrived, well-designed, well-done, well-invented, well-laid, well-planned, well-reasoned, well-thought-out, well-weighed, whimsical, wicked, willing, wily, wise, witty, workmanlike
Etymology
Origin uncertain. Dictionaries vary in their choice of terms to be compared.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɛvə(r)
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