Synonyms of intelligence

intelligence

noun

in-ˈte-lə-jən(t)s 

1

as in intellect

the ability to learn and understand or to deal with problems

high scores on this test supposedly demonstrate great intelligence

Synonyms & Similar Words

• intellect
• sense
• reason
• intellectuality
• talent
• smarts
• brainpower
• brain(s)
• aptitude
• mentality
• wit
• gray matter
• wisdom
• insight
• brilliance
• intellectualism
• headpiece
• mind
• acumen
• perception
• astuteness
• braininess
• perspicacity
• alertness
• judgment
• discernment
• apprehension
• sagacity
• percipience
• common sense
• discriminability
• horse sense
• sapience
• mother wit
• highbrowism
• eggheadedness
• skull
• head

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• density
• idiocy
• stupidity
• dumbness
• slowness
• dullness
• imbecility
• feeblemindedness
• foolishness
• denseness
• fatuity
• dopiness
• doltishness
• senselessness
• simpleness
• half-wittedness

2

as in information

a report of recent events or facts not previously known

usually received the latest intelligence about how the war was going

Synonyms & Similar Words

• information
• news
• info
• story
• advice(s)
• item
• tidings
• communication
• announcement
• message
• rumor
• gen
• word
• uncos
• correspondence
• reportage
• dispatch
• bulletin
• tale
• feedback
• tip
• propaganda
• 411
• disinformation
• scoop
• gossip
• tidbit
• dope
• lowdown
• tattle

3

as in wit

exceptional discernment and judgment especially in practical matters

as head of the customer service department, he has handled complaints and disputes with unfailing intelligence and good humor

Synonyms & Similar Words

• wit
• insight
• wisdom
• intellect
• acumen
• shrewdness
• astuteness
• canniness
• keenness
• clear-sightedness
• knowingness
• hardheadedness
• caginess
• sense
• perception
• perceptiveness
• sharpness
• perceptivity
• cunning
• sagacity
• foxiness
• discernment
• sapience
• artfulness
• subtlety
• reason
• percipience
• slyness
• sagaciousness
• deviousness
• guile
• sneakiness
• wiliness
• subtleness
• brain(s)
• craftiness
• sageness
• slickness
• gray matter
• craft
• artifice

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• naïveté
• simplicity
• ingenuousness
• innocence
• guilelessness
• artlessness
• unworldliness
• greenness
• unsophistication
• simplemindedness
• naiveness
• simpleness
• density
• stupidity
• obtuseness
• dumbness
• slowness
• foolishness
• mindlessness
• fatuity
• witlessness
• brainlessness
• dopiness
• stupidness
• vacuity
• oafishness
• doltishness
• senselessness
• half-wittedness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of intelligence

One of the main storylines in season three is Joe (Saldaña) being kidnapped following the operation in Ukraine to capture a high-ranking Russian intelligence agent. — David Hookstead Outkick, FOXNews.com, 10 Aug. 2026

The company has other strengths such as vertical integration—at the application, cloud, and chip layers—that are structural advantages that can offset weaker performance at the cutting edge of raw model intelligence. — Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2026

Edge intelligence facilitates decision-making at the place of action. — Chuck Brooks, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026

When Google’s co-founder Larry Page stated that machines represent a higher form of intelligence, making human extinction an untroubling evolutionary event, most people responded with revulsion. — Foreign Affairs, 10 Aug. 2026