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showing a noteworthy use of the imagination and creativity especially in inventing
- an inventor who was constantly coming up with clever devices for doing everyday chores
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having or showing quickness of mind
- a clever student figured out a trick to do the assignment faster
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- airheaded,
- birdbrained,
- boneheaded,
- brain-dead,
- brainless,
- bubbleheaded,
- chuckleheaded,
- dense,
- dim,
- dim-witted,
- doltish,
- dopey
- (also dopy),
- dorky
- [slang],
- dull,
- dumb,
- dunderheaded,
- empty-headed,
- fatuous,
- gormless
- [chiefly British],
- half-witted,
- knuckleheaded,
- lamebrain
- (or lamebrained),
- lunkheaded,
- mindless,
- obtuse,
- opaque,
- pinheaded,
- senseless,
- simple,
- slow,
- slow-witted,
- soft,
- softheaded,
- stupid,
- thick,
- thickheaded,
- thick-witted,
- unbrilliant,
- unintelligent,
- unsmart,
- vacuous,
- weak-minded,
- witless
3
skillful with the hands
- the Shakers were clever artisans who created many ingenious and highly useful devices
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4
given to or marked by mature intelligent humor
- a clever joke that requires a little bit of thought on the part of the listener
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5
having the skill and imagination to create new things
- I wonder what clever person thought of the digital camera
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The first known use of clever was circa 1595
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