smarts 1 of 2

plural of smart

smarts

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of smart

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for smarts
Noun
  • In an interview with Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo, Bartiromo brought up a Truth Social post from Trump saying Democrats had leaked intelligence around the Iran strike, to which the president interjected that they should be prosecuted.
    Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 29 June 2025
  • This is embodied intelligence – the idea that some elements of cognition can be outsourced to the body.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 29 June 2025
Verb
  • West Nile virus symptoms include fever, headaches, body aches, joint pain, vomiting, diarrhea and rashes.
    Jeremy Duda, Axios, 18 Mar. 2025
  • And there’s a part of me that aches and hurts because of it.
    Anna Lazarus Caplan, People.com, 12 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • According to a recent study from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, human intellect has declined since 2012.
    Hua Hsu, New Yorker, 30 June 2025
  • Customer-facing interactions require human intuition to navigate sensitive moments where empathy, sensitivity and emotional intellect truly matter.
    Joel Frenette, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
Noun
  • There is not an American President—Bill Clinton, George H. W. or George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Joe Biden, or Donald Trump—who has dealt with Netanyahu and not, sooner or later, come away with a lingering sense of resentment.
    David Remnick, New Yorker, 21 June 2025
  • The writers and creators tried to play down that side and ramp up Lucy’s sense of agency.
    Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 20 June 2025
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“Smarts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smarts. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.

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