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hyperintelligent

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Synonyms & Antonyms of hyperintelligent

having or showing quickness of mind

from an early age he showed signs of being a hyperintelligent child

Synonyms for hyperintelligent

alert,
brainy,
bright,
brilliant,
clever,
exceptional,
fast,
intelligent,
keen,
nimble,
quick,
quick-witted,
sharp,
sharp-witted,
smart,
supersmart,
ultrasmart

Words Related to hyperintelligent

apt,
ingenious,
resourceful

acute,
astute,
discerning,
heady,
insightful,
knowing,
perceptive,
percipient,
perspicacious,
sagacious,
sapient,
savvy,
wise

cerebral,
erudite,
genial,
highbrow,
knowledgeable,
learned,
literate,
scholarly,
well-read

educated,
informed,
schooled,
skilled,
trained

creative,
inventive,
judicious,
prudent,
sage,
sane,
sapient,
sensible,
sound,
wise

crafty,
cunning,
foxy,
shrewd,
wily

logical,
rational,
reasonable

Near Antonyms for hyperintelligent

feebleminded,
simpleminded

boobish,
foolish,
half-baked,
idiotic
(also idiotical),
imbecile
(or imbecilic),
moronic,
silly

ignorant,
illiterate,
lowbrow,
nonintellectual,
unacademic,
uneducated,
uninformed,
unintellectual,
untaught,
unthinking

absurd,
asinine,
balmy,
cockeyed,
crackpot,
crazy,
cuckoo,
daffy,
daft,
dippy,
dotty,
featherheaded,
fool,
half-baked,
harebrained,
insane,
kooky
(also kookie),
loony
(also looney),
lunatic,
mad,
nonsensical,
nutty,
preposterous,
sappy,
screwball,
tomfool,
unwise,
wacky
(also whacky),
zany

Antonyms for hyperintelligent

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

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