Intelligent
[ɪn'telɪdʒ(ə)nt] or [ɪn'tɛlɪdʒənt]
Definition
(adj.) having the capacity for thought and reason especially to a high degree; 'is there intelligent life in the universe?'; 'an intelligent question' .
(adj.) endowed with the capacity to reason .
(adj.) possessing sound knowledge; 'well-informed readers' .
Checked by Jerome--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Endowed with the faculty of understanding or reason; as, man is an intelligent being.
(a.) Possessed of intelligence, education, or judgment; knowing; sensible; skilled; marked by intelligence; as, an intelligent young man; an intelligent architect; an intelligent answer.
(a.) Gognizant; aware; communicate.
Edited by Kelsey
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Knowing, understanding, instructed, enlightened, skilful, skilled, clever, well-informed.[2]. Astute, acute, quick, bright, apt, shrewd, discerning, clear-sighted, keen-sighted, quick-sighted, sharp-sighted, sharp-witted, keen-eyed, long-headed, clear-headed.
Checker: Nellie
Definition
adj. having intellect: endowed with the faculty of reason: well informed: bringing intelligence. (Shak.) communicative.—ns. Intell′igence intellectual skill or knowledge: information communicated: news: a spiritual being; Intell′igencer one going between parties: a spy.—adjs. Intelligen′tial pertaining to the intelligence: consisting of spiritual being.—adv. Intell′igently.—adj. Intell′igible that maybe understood: clear: (philos.) capable of being apprehended by the understanding only.—ns. Intell′igibleness Intelligibil′ity.—adv. Intell′igibly.
Checker: Rosalind
Examples
- I reckon 'at us manufacturing lads i' th' north is a deal more intelligent, and knaws a deal more nor th' farming folk i' th' south. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- To identify acting with an aim and intelligent activity is enough to show its value--its function in experience. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Mr. Bell has recommended me to a Mr. Thornton, a tenant of his, and a very intelligent man, as far as I can judge from his letters. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- I could not blame them, for I knew how strong a hold a creed, however ridiculous it may be, may gain upon an otherwise intelligent people. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- He was very intelligent and it was very intelligent that he was killed. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- No intelligent man can tell of this process or read of this process of failure without very mingled feelings. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- May is a darling; I've seen no young girl in New York so handsome and so intelligent. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Muhammad's appeal, for example, was to the traditional chivalry and underlying monotheistic feelings of the intelligent Arabs of his time. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Thinking is thus equivalent to an explicit rendering of the intelligent element in our experience. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- It signifies that an activity has become intelligent. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Like all intelligent charities they are still a necessary evil. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- You believe him to be intelligent, do you? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- No intelligent ruler, he said, arises to take me as his master, and my time has come to die. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In neither case is it intelligent. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Gentle usage renders the slave not only more faithful, but more intelligent, and, therefore, upon a double account, more useful. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Intelligent insight into present forms of associated life is necessary for a character whose morality is more than colorless innocence. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Bar Comas had much the better of the battle as he was stronger, quicker and more intelligent. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- He is as handsome as he is intelligent. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- But as the Roman Empire grew, its armies absorbed its intelligent farmers, the tilling of the soil was left to the menial and the slave, and the Empire and agriculture declined together. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- I thought her too intelligent to be the slave of such absurd superstitions. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- And as for Pilar pushing her onto you, all Pilar did was be an intelligent woman. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Nothing could be more complete than the organization and discipline of this body of brave and intelligent men. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The only intelligent things written on this war. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- This quality, therefore, consists in the relations of objects to intelligent and rational beings. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Yet, since I found him an intelligent, delightful companion, I regretted him for a whole day and night. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Intelligent, yes, Agustín said. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- This new controversy touched everybody who read a book or heard intelligent conversation. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The enlightened, cultivated, intelligent man, who supports the system of which the trader is the inevitable result, or the poor trader himself? Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- On one hand, it has screened and protected traditional studies and methods of teaching from intelligent criticism and needed revisions. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- We are both intelligent, Agustín said. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
Checker: Rosalind