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intelligence

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of intelligence

1 the ability to learn and understand or to deal with problems
  • high scores on this test supposedly demonstrate great intelligence
Synonyms of intelligence

brain(s), brainpower, gray matter, headpiece, intellect, intellectuality, mentality, reason, sense, smarts
Words Related to intelligence

eggheadedness, highbrowism, intellectualism

braininess, brilliance

acumen, alertness, apprehension, astuteness, discernment, discriminability, insight, judgment (or judgement), perception, percipience, perspicacity

common sense, horse sense, mother wit

aptitude, talent

sagacity, sapience, wisdom, wit

head, mind, skull
Near Antonyms of intelligence

denseness, density, doltishness, dopiness, dullness (also dulness), dumbness, fatuity, feeblemindedness, foolishness, half-wittedness, idiocy, imbecility, senselessness, simpleness, slowness, stupidity
2 a report of recent events or facts not previously known
  • usually received the latest intelligence about how the war was going
Synonyms of intelligence

411 [slang], advice(s), gen [chiefly British], info, information, item, news, story, tidings, uncos [chiefly Scottish], word
Words Related to intelligence

announcement, bulletin, communication, correspondence, dispatch, message, reportage

dope, lowdown, scoop, tidbit (also titbit), tip

gossip, rumor, tale, tattle

feedback

disinformation, propaganda
3 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 of intelligence

acumen, astuteness, caginess (also cageyness), canniness, clear-sightedness, foxiness, hardheadedness, keenness, knowingness, sharpness, shrewdness, wit
Words Related to intelligence

discernment, insight, perception, perceptiveness, perceptivity, percipience, sagaciousness, sagacity, sageness, sapience, wisdom

artfulness, artifice, craft, craftiness, cunning, deviousness, guile, slickness, slyness, sneakiness, subtleness, subtlety, wiliness

brain(s), gray matter, intellect, reason, sense
Near Antonyms of intelligence

artlessness, greenness, guilelessness, ingenuousness, innocence, naiveness, naïveté (also naivete), simplemindedness, simpleness, simplicity, unsophistication, unworldliness

brainlessness, density, doltishness, dopiness, dumbness, fatuity, foolishness, half-wittedness, mindlessness, oafishness, obtuseness, senselessness, slowness, stupidity, stupidness, vacuity, witlessness

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