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Adjective: intelligent  in'te-li-junt
  1. Having the capacity for thought and reason especially to a high degree
    "is there intelligent life in the universe?"
     
  2. Possessing sound knowledge
    "intelligent readers";
    - well-informed, clued-up [Brit, informal], savvy [informal]
     
  3. Exercising or showing good judgment
    "an intelligent solution";
    - healthy, levelheaded, level-headed, sound
     
  4. Endowed with the capacity to reason
    - reasoning, thinking

See also: agile, apt, born, brainy [informal], bright, brilliant, clever, coruscating, innate, intelligence, natural, nimble, precocious, prehensile, quick, rational, ready, reasonable, scintillating, searching, sensible, smart, smart as a whip [informal], sophisticated, sparkling, trenchant

Antonym: stupid

Encyclopedia: Intelligent