Synonyms of smarts

smarts 1 of 2

noun

plural of smart

as in intelligence

the ability to learn and understand or to deal with problems

she had the smarts to start college at age 16, but perhaps not the emotional maturity

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

smarts

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of smart

as in aches

to feel or cause physical pain

the injection only smarted for a moment

Synonyms & Similar Words

• aches
• hurts
• pains
• throbs
• tingles
• swells
• stings
• cramps
• racks
• itches
• bleeds
• bites
• nags
• pinches
• burns
• chafes
• pounds
• twinges
• suffers
• torments
• tortures
• agonizes
• festers
• anguishes
• harrows
• afflicts

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of smarts

Noun

Watch this team for four quarters and marvel at the depth, the drive, the smarts and the shock. — Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov. 2026

This may be because there are many new hunters who either lack wilderness smarts or who have read articles in the magazines explaining how a man in the woods can find his way by taking bearings with a compass on top of a map. — Charles Elliott, Outdoor Life, 5 Nov. 2026

The latest Echo Studio simply adds a camera and Alexa Plus smarts into the mix. — Cameron Faulkner, The Verge, 28 Oct. 2026

Mini-Vows Jacqueline Heath wowed Matthew Swain with her ambition and smarts. — Kaitlin Menza, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2026

Frame-by-frame optimization also works away improving detail and skin tone with help from AI smarts. — New Atlas, 23 Sep. 2026

But for everyone else, rugged specs and AI smarts simply aren't enough to justify a $400 markup over the seemingly stellar Series 12. — Andrew Gebhart, PC Magazine, 10 Sep. 2026

The distribution of wealth does not represent a distribution of effort or smarts by any reasonable assessment. — Teresa Ghilarducci, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026

Luke Even though Luke is secretly a major brainiac, his smarts may have prevented him from finding love by being too picky. — Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 19 Aug. 2026

Verb

It’s been 10 years since Fantastic Four flopped, but its box-office failure still smarts for star Miles Teller. — James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 14 Nov. 2025