smarts
Wits about you
Smarts is informal for intelligence or practical cleverness: She has the smarts to figure it out, street smarts.
The word treats mental ability as something countable and concrete—you either have the smarts for something or you don't.
Often appears with modifiers: book smarts, business smarts.
Cleverly original in design
- astuteMentally sharp, discerning
- sharpFine-edged, or astute
- keenSharp or enthusiastic
- quickMoving with speed
bright · brainy · savvy · perceptive · nimble · acute · slick · witty
Cleverly deceptive
- slyCleverly deceptive
- foxySly or seductive
- cunningSly, scheming cleverness
- schemingCrafty and calculating
calculating · artful · guileful · devious · wily · streetwise · hustle · guile
Intelligence score
- geniusPerson of rare brilliance
- intellectMental reasoning capacity
- cognitionMental knowledge acquisition
- brainpowerIntellectual capacity
reasoning · logic · insight · acumen · aptitude · analytical · comprehension · understanding
ingenious
Cleverly original in design
quick · bright · brainy · savvy · perceptive · nimble · acute · slick · witty · resourceful
crafty
Cleverly deceptive
scheming · calculating · artful · guileful · devious · wily · streetwise · hustle · guile · savvy
IQ
Intelligence score
- geniusPerson of rare brilliance
- intellectMental reasoning capacity
- cognitionMental knowledge acquisition
brainpower · reasoning · logic · insight · acumen · aptitude · analytical · comprehension · understanding · mental capacity
banter
Playful, teasing exchange
puns · wisecrack · repartee · clever · sharp-tongued · zingers · one-liners · bon mot · riposte · snappy
schooling
Formal education received
- academiaHigher education community
- degreeUnit of measurement
- scholarshipEducational funding or erudition
knowledge · learning · studious · well-read · educated · intellectual · academic · cultured · scholarly · erudite
- cognitionthinking, reasoning, thought, cognition, remembering
- intellectintelligence, intellect, brainpower, mind, cognition
- mental sharpnessmental agility, mental clarity, mental focus, acumen, sharp mind
- mental agilityquick wit, mental flexibility, sharp mind, quick-witted, sharp-witted
- cognitive agingcognitive decline, memory decline, memory loss, brain aging, aging brain
smartsstupidity
Lack of intelligence
idiocy · ignorance · dumbness · foolishness · dullness
smartsnaivety
Innocent lack of experience
gullibility · foolishness · cluelessness · obliviousness · unworldliness
- smart bombSelf-guided explosive weapon
- street smartsPractical urban knowledge
- smart aleckAnnoyingly self-satisfied quipper
- smart doorbellInternet-connected entrance camera
- smart keyWireless vehicle access device
- smart cookieShrewd, capable person
smart, smarting, smartest, smarty, smarter, outsmart, smartly, smartness, smarten