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smarts

noun , plural of smart

Synonyms and Antonyms of smarts

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 of smarts

brainpower, brain(s), gray matter, headpiece, intellect, intellectuality, intelligence, mentality, reason, sense

Words Related to smarts

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 smarts

denseness, density, doltishness, dopiness, dullness (also dulness), dumbness, fatuity, feeblemindedness, foolishness, half-wittedness, idiocy, imbecility, senselessness, simpleness, slowness, stupidity

smarts

verb , present tense third-person singular of smart

Synonyms and Antonyms of smarts

to feel or cause physical pain

the injection only smarted for a moment

Synonyms of smarts

aches, hurts, pains

Words Related to smarts

bites, bleeds, burns, chafes, cramps, festers, itches, nags, pinches, pounds, racks, stings, swells, throbs, tingles, twinges

agonizes, anguishes, suffers

afflicts, harrows, torments, tortures

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