MENTAL QUICKNESS Synonyms

• the gracefulness of a person or animal that is quick and nimble

• the process of paying close and continuous attention

• a state of readiness to respond

• lively attentiveness

• intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings)

• the intellectual ability to penetrate deeply into ideas

• the power of creative imagination

• intelligence as manifested in being quick and witty

• the property of being ingenious

• skillful performance or ability without difficulty

• adroitness in using the hands

• 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

• a quick and penetrating intelligence

• a positive feeling of wanting to push ahead with something

• thinness of edge or fineness of point

• intelligence as revealed by quickness and alertness of mind

• the gracefulness of a person or animal that is quick and nimble

• a feeling of understanding

• delicate discrimination (especially of esthetic values)

• perception of that which is obscure

• the quality of insight and sympathetic understanding

• responsive to stimulation

• the quality of being responsive; reacting quickly; as a quality of people, it involves responding with emotion to people and events

• a quick and penetrating intelligence

• the attribute of urgency in tone of voice

• a strong odor or taste property

• the quality of being keenly and painfully felt

• thinness of edge or fineness of point

• the quality of being sharp and clear

• harshness of manner

• 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

• the quality of being spontaneous and coming from natural feelings without constraint

• a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens

• a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter

• mental ability

• a witty amusing person who makes jokes

• intelligence as revealed by an ability to give correct responses without delay

• skillful performance or ability without difficulty

• intelligence as revealed by an ability to give correct responses without delay

• a rate that is rapid