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cleverness

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of cleverness

1 mental skill or quickness

  • it takes real cleverness to find a way around the rules
Synonyms of cleverness

adroitness, dexterity, finesse, sleight
Words Related to cleverness

ability, aptitude, capability, capacity, faculty, knack, prowess, talent

competence, competency, efficiency, expertise, know-how, proficiency

ingeniousness, ingenuity, resourcefulness

savvy, sharpness, shrewdness

artfulness, artifice, caginess (also cageyness), canniness, craft, craftiness, cunning, cunningness, deviousness, foxiness, guile, slickness, slyness, sneakiness, subtleness, wiliness
Near Antonyms of cleverness

inadequacy, incompetence, incompetency, ineptitude, ineptness

brainlessness, denseness, density, doltishness, dopiness, dullness (also dulness), dumbness, fatuity, foolishness, mindlessness, obtuseness, senselessness, simpleness, slowness, stupidity, stupidness, witlessness

2 subtle or imaginative ability in inventing, devising, or executing something

  • the undeniable cleverness of the negotiator, who managed to get each side to believe that they had won
Synonyms of cleverness

adeptness, adroitness, art, artfulness, artifice, artistry, craft, cunning, deftness, masterfulness, skill, skillfulness
Words Related to cleverness

dexterity, ease, finesse, handiness

experience, expertise, expertness, know-how, proficiency

creativity, ingenuity, inventiveness, knowledge, learning

aptitude, bent, flair, gift, knack, talent
Near Antonyms of cleverness

amateurishness, awkwardness, clumsiness, crudeness, klutziness, rudeness

inability, inadequacy, inadequateness, incapability, incapacity, incompetence, ineffectiveness, ineffectuality, ineffectualness, inefficacy, inefficiency
Antonyms of cleverness

artlessness, ineptitude, ineptness, maladroitness

3 the skill and imagination to create new things

  • Cole Porter's overall cleverness with words, including his effortless ability to rhyme and pun
Synonyms of cleverness

creativeness, creativity, imagination, imaginativeness, ingeniousness, ingenuity, innovativeness, invention, inventiveness, originality
Words Related to cleverness

fecundity, fertility, fruitfulness, productiveness, productivity, prolificacy, prolificity, prolificness

capableness, resourcefulness

genius, giftedness, talent

fire, inspiration, muse
Near Antonyms of cleverness

dryness, dullness (also dulness)

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