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super-smart

super-smart

5 4.1
Very intelligent and quick to solve problems
  • adjective
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  • The researchers hired a super-smart analyst to interpret the data.
  • a super-smart guy

You don't have to be superhuman or super smart, super techie or super fuzzy.

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Examples

  • Her super-smart ideas helped the team win the competition.

  • I've known Kathleen for going on a decade in various capacities, and I've always thought her to be a super-smart, funny, and independent-minded participant in all things education reform.

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  • People who are really super smart, learning comes too easy.

  • Maybe it's like I told you before, he was super smart.

  • And people often think like AI needs to be super smart to have an impact.

  • I've had so many super smart students who just failed to perform.

  • There are some super smart people who are arguing that we've reached the end of growth.

  • A lot of you guys and gals who read this site are super smart and very thoughtful people.

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  • He is super smart already and will be the oldest in his class... possibly the smartest as well.

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  • The super-smart student solved the complex math problem faster than anyone else in the class.

Synonyms

smart
vssuper-smart
1.9

Shows quick thinking and good understanding

is the extreme form of that quickness and mental ability
brilliant
vssuper-smart
949 3.7

Very clever and skilled at thinking or solving problems

is extreme cleverness in degree rather than general exceptional talent
clever
vssuper-smart
573 1.7

Understands things quickly and finds smart solutions

is stronger, meaning extreme intelligence rather than quick skill alone
intelligent
vssuper-smart
507 3.4

Able to think, understand, and learn new things

is a more extreme form of that general mental ability
brainy
vssuper-smart
  • Informal
21 3.9

Very smart in a way that others notice

is an extreme level of that noticeable intelligence and cleverness
smart as a whip
vssuper-smart
  • Informal
5 7.0

Very quick to understand things and find answers

is extreme intelligence overall rather than only speed of thought
hyperintelligent
vssuper-smart
1 8.2

A person, animal, or machine that is much smarter than most people

is extreme cleverness or intelligence without implying beyond normal level

Antonyms

505 1.3

Not showing good sense and making unwise choices

367 3.7

Not knowing about something or how it works

How Intelligent

super-smart
5 4.1
brilliant
949 3.7
smart
1.9
clever
573 1.7
average
1.0
slow-witted
  • Offensive
3 6.7

Surface Forms

super-smart positive

Morphology

super-smart = smart (transparent) = super + smart

Standard intensification: 'super' (very) + 'smart' (intelligent) clearly yields 'very intelligent'.

Etymology

Super-smart joins super- 'very' with smart, where smart means 'clever' like a smart student. So a super-smart person is extremely clever or intelligent.