CLEVERNESS Synonyms
There are 18 hypernyms of the word cleverness. (close relations)
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ingenuity | nounn | |||||||
noun • the power of creative imagination • the property of being ingenious | ||||||||
inventiveness | nounn | |||||||
noun • the power of creative imagination | ||||||||
acumen | nounn | |||||||
noun • a tapering point • shrewdness shown by keen insight | ||||||||
astuteness | nounn | |||||||
noun • intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings) • the intellectual ability to penetrate deeply into ideas | ||||||||
brainpower | nounn | |||||||
noun • mental ability | ||||||||
intelligence | nounn | |||||||
noun • the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience • a unit responsible for gathering and interpreting information about an enemy • secret information about an enemy (or potential enemy) • information about recent and important events • the operation of gathering information about an enemy | ||||||||
resourcefulness | nounn | |||||||
noun • the quality of being able to cope with a difficult situation • the ability to deal resourcefully with unusual problems | ||||||||
sagacity | nounn | |||||||
noun • the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations • the trait of forming opinions by distinguishing and evaluating | ||||||||
shrewdness | nounn | |||||||
noun • intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings) | ||||||||
wit | nounn | |||||||
noun • a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter • mental ability • a witty amusing person who makes jokes | ||||||||
ingeniousness | nounn | |||||||
noun • the power of creative imagination • the property of being ingenious | ||||||||
brightness | nounn | |||||||
noun • the location of a visual perception along a continuum from black to white • intelligence as manifested in being quick and witty • the quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light | ||||||||
smartness | nounn | |||||||
noun • a kind of pain such as that caused by a wound or a burn or a sore • intelligence as manifested in being quick and witty • elegance by virtue of being fashionable • liveliness and eagerness |