intelligent, clever, alert, quick-witted mean mentally keen or quick. intelligent stresses success in coping with new situations and solving problems.

INTELLIGENT definition: 1. showing intelligence, or able to learn and understand things easily: 2. showing intelligence…. Learn more.

Intelligent definition: having good understanding or a high mental capacity; quick to comprehend, as persons or animals.. See examples of INTELLIGENT used in a sentence.

Definition of intelligent adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. good at learning, understanding and thinking in a logical way about things; showing this ability. She is clearly …

A person or animal that is intelligent has the ability to think, understand, and learn things quickly and well. Susan's a very bright and intelligent woman who knows her own mind. ...lively and …

1. having good understanding or a high mental capacity; quick to comprehend. 2. displaying quickness of understanding, sound thought, or good judgment: an intelligent reply. 3. having …

There are 14 meanings listed in OED's entry for the word intelligent, four of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

Some common synonyms of intelligent are alert, clever, and quick-witted. While all these words mean "mentally keen or quick," intelligent stresses success in coping with new situations and …

(Definition of intelligent from the Webster's Essential Mini Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

: the ability to apply knowledge to manipulate one's environment or to think abstractly as measured by objective criteria (as tests) 2 : mental acuteness intelligent in-ˈtel-ə-jənt adjective …