cleverness

cleverness
n
1. brightness, brilliance, keenness, acuteness, sharpness, sharp-wittedness, braininess; gift, giftedness, endowment, genius, precocity, parts; talent, flair, bent, turn, forte; intelligence, aptness, smartness, agility, quickness, quick-wittedness; ability, capability, competence, competency, efficiency; adeptness, proficiency, mastery.
2. facility, ease, grace, finesse; wittiness, epigramma-tism, urbanity, piquancy, piquantness; sprightliness, jocularity, waggishness, whimsy, drollness.
3. sagaciousness, sagacity, cunning, cunningness, guile, sleight, canniness, Inf. cuteness, shrewdness; subtleness, artfulness, craftiness, slyness, wiliness, fox-iness.
4. adroitness, deftness, dexterity, dexterousness, ambi-dextrousness, nimbleness; handiness, neatness, knack.
5. ingenuity, ingeniousness, inventiveness, resourcefulness; originality, creativity, creativeness, imaginativeness, imagination, inspiration.

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  • Cleverness — Clev er*ness, n. The quality of being clever; skill; dexterity; adroitness. Syn: See {Ingenuity}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • cleverness — index artifice, discretion (quality of being discreet), faculty (ability), gift (flair), insight, intelligence ( …   Law dictionary

  • Cleverness — Cleverness,die:⇨Schlauheit …   Das Wörterbuch der Synonyme

  • cleverness — [n] brightness, ingenuity ability, adroitness, astuteness, brains, calculation, canniness, dexterity, discernment, flair, gift, gumption, intelligence, quickness, quick wit, resourcefulness, sagacity, sense, sharpness, shrewdness, skill,… …   New thesaurus

  • Cleverness — Cle|ver|ness 〈[ klɛ̣və(r)nɛs] f.; ; unz.〉 1. Schlauheit, Durchtriebenheit 2. Gewandtheit [engl., „Klugheit“] * * * Clẹ|ver|ness […nɛs], die; [engl. cleverness]: clevere Art; cleveres Verhalten. * * * Clẹ|ver|ness [...nɛs] …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Cleverness — clever »beweglich, wendig, von schnellem Reaktionsvermögen«: Das Adjektiv wurde im 20. Jh. aus gleichbed. engl. clever entlehnt. Die weitere Herkunft des Wortes ist unsicher. Abl.: Cleverness »Wendigkeit, Tüchtigkeit« (aus engl. cleverness) …   Das Herkunftswörterbuch

  • Cleverness — Wikipedia does not have an encyclopedia article for Cleverness (search results). You may want to read Wiktionary s entry on clever instead.wiktionary:Special:Search/clever …   Wikipedia

  • cleverness — Synonyms and related words: Italian hand, ability, acuity, acuteness, address, adeptness, adroitness, airmanship, aptitude, aptness, art, artfulness, artifice, artisanship, artistry, astuteness, braininess, bravura, brightness, brilliance,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • Cleverness — Cle|ver|ness die; <aus gleichbed. engl. cleverness> clevere Art u. Weise, cleveres Verhalten …   Das große Fremdwörterbuch

  • cleverness — clever ► ADJECTIVE (cleverer, cleverest) 1) quick to understand, learn, and devise or apply ideas. 2) skilled at doing something. DERIVATIVES cleverly adverb cleverness noun. ORIGIN originally in the sense «quick to catch hold»: perhaps of …   English terms dictionary

  • cleverness — noun 1. the power of creative imagination (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑inventiveness, ↑ingeniousness, ↑ingenuity • Derivationally related forms: ↑ingenious (for: ↑ingenuity), ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

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