smartest
Top in intelligence
Smartest is the superlative form of smart—the most intelligent, clever, or quick-witted in a group: She's the smartest person in the room.
It can also mean most stylish in British usage: the smartest dresser at the party.
The word often carries implied comparison: That wasn't the smartest move.
Mentally sharp, discerning
- perceptiveQuick to understand
- sharpFine-edged, or astute
- cannyShrewdly practical and cautious
- savvyPractical shrewdness
cunning · calculating · discerning · judicious · prudent · streetwise · wily · strategic
Intelligence score
- intelligentHaving mental acuity
- brilliantIntensely bright or gifted
- cerebralRelating to intellect
- scholarlyMarked by serious learning
erudite · learned · academic · knowledgeable · educated · informed · brainy · bookish
Introducing new ideas
- ingeniousCleverly original in design
- creativeProducing original ideas
- originalFirst or inventive
- resourcefulSkilled at solving problems
visionary · clever · pioneering · imaginative · inspired · novel · inventive · breakthrough
Wisdom keeper or seasoning
- sagaciousHaving acute mental discernment
- prudentExercising sound judgment
- sensibleShowing good judgment
- enlightenedPossessing profound insight
philosophical · thoughtful · reflective · experienced · mature · judicious · measured · Solomon
astute
Mentally sharp, discerning
- perceptiveQuick to understand
- sharpFine-edged, or astute
- cannyShrewdly practical and cautious
savvy · cunning · calculating · discerning · judicious · prudent · streetwise · wily · strategic · tactful
IQ
Intelligence score
- intelligentHaving mental acuity
- brilliantIntensely bright or gifted
- cerebralRelating to intellect
scholarly · erudite · learned · academic · knowledgeable · educated · informed · brainy · bookish · studious
innovative
Introducing new ideas
resourceful · visionary · clever · pioneering · imaginative · inspired · novel · inventive · breakthrough · brainstorm
sage
Wisdom keeper or seasoning
- sagaciousHaving acute mental discernment
- prudentExercising sound judgment
- sensibleShowing good judgment
enlightened · philosophical · thoughtful · reflective · experienced · mature · judicious · measured · Solomon · elder
Einstein
Byword for genius
- NewtonFamous scientific surname
- Da VinciTuscan Renaissance polymath
- CurieRadioactivity research dynasty
Tesla · Aristotle · Ramanujan · Feynman · Darwin · Galileo · Archimedes · Euclid · Plato · Socrates
- smarten upImprove appearance or behavior
- smartest guy in the room
- smarted offSpoke disrespectfully to authority