cleverness
16
2.8
- noun
- /ˈklɛvərnəs/
:
ingenio
- Her cleverness in solving the puzzles impressed everyone at the competition.
- wit and cleverness
- mere cleverness
- own cleverness
You can use my cleverness to your benefit.
- You can use my cleverness to your benefit.
- These experiments depend on your cleverness, but this doesn't, this is fundamental.
- So I think, I think where I lack in cleverness, I make up for in hard work.
- There are people who have learned to do that with cleverness.
- Would you make a distinction between smartness, intelligence, wisdom, and cleverness?
- Love bombing really links into the fact that the charm, charisma, confidence, and cleverness of the narcissist all draw you in.
- And he says there's little prudence, klugeite cleverness in it, and least of all common wisdom or reason.
- But the cleverness of plants is such that some of them figured out that a really low dose of caffeine in their nectar would attract bees.
- And if your idea is I want to build a castle, the cleverness is not what's my idea.
- There was one that just the cleverness of the writing, the the way the characters were so sharp, the way it flowed was made me remember it.
Examples
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Why don't you use your cleverness now to save him?
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What I mean by that is that cleverness should grow out of character.
Academic text (2009) -
So I think, I think where I lack in cleverness, I make up for in hard work.
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Let him return to his own people; let him take his cleverness back to his own village.
Fiction book (1992) -
Gotta admire the cleverness of it.
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With his new respect for my cleverness, Billy Pyatt showed me all the dance steps he knew.
Fiction book (1993) -
Nevertheless, her intelligence and cleverness seemed most often to be used to prove me wrong and embarrass me.
Fiction book (2001) -
I've been impressed by your knowledge, by your cleverness, you know, by your education, by your manners.
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Our knowledge has made us cynical, our cleverness hard and unkind.
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I'm not the one who's underestimating her cleverness.
Synonyms
163
4.0
Ability to think quickly and say clever, amusing things
53
6.1
Clever new thinking that finds solutions to problems and makes useful things
42
4.1
Great skill in thinking that makes new or useful ideas
10
6.4
Practical knowledge and good judgment in everyday matters
5
4.9
The ability to think of new ideas and ways to do things
5
3.8
A quick, clear way of thinking that helps solve problems
3
3.8
A quick mind that shows itself by saying smart, funny things
2
4.1
Ability to think and respond very fast in the mind
1
4.1
A quick mind that understands things clearly
1
6.9
Skill in understanding people or situations quickly and using that to your advantage
1
4.0
The ability to think quickly and act cleverly
1
5.0
The ability to make quick clever remarks that make people laugh
1
4.8
Quick thinking that helps you understand and answer fast
1
5.2
A quality of being very smart and thinking quickly
1
7.5
Being careful and clever when making decisions about money
1
6.6
A quality of being clever and well made that people like to use
To think and answer fast and cleverly
Thinking quickly and understanding things easily
A quick clear mind that notices small details
Being very clever at finding new ways to solve problems and make things
Being clever and skillful at making or finding new solutions
Practical cleverness for solving everyday problems
Antonyms
How Clever
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Cleverness comes from the simple word clever, which originally meant 'skillful' or good at finding quick solutions. Think of someone who can spot a smart trick or invent a fast plan — that image shows why cleverness means being smart, inventive, and quick to understand.