1. Elegant and stylish
   "a smart new dress";
   - chic, voguish
    
2. Demonstrating intelligence; wise, clever or ingenious
   "a smart idea"
    
3. Characterized by quickness and ease in learning
   "smart children talk earlier than the average";
   - bright
    
4. Capable of independent and apparently intelligent action
   "smart weapons"
    
5. Quick and brisk
   "I gave him a smart salute"; "we walked at a smart pace"
    
6. Improperly forward or bold
   "don't be smart with me";
   - fresh, impertinent, impudent, overbold, saucy [informal], sassy [N. Amer, informal], wise, lippy [informal]
    
7. Painfully severe
   "he gave the dog a smart blow"

1. A kind of pain such as that caused by a wound or a burn or a sore
   "He felt a smart sensation where the antiseptic touched his cut";
   - smarting, smartness

1. Be a source of pain
   "The cut on his hand smarted";
   - ache, hurt

Derived forms: smarts, smarted, smartest, smarter, smarting

See also: argute [literary], astute, automatic, cagey, cagy, canny, clever, fashionable, fast, forward, intelligent, intense, savvy [informal], sharp, shrewd, street-smart, streetwise, stylish, with it, with-it [informal]

Type of: cause to be perceived, hurting, pain

Antonym: stupid

Encyclopedia: Smart, Paul