Antonyms for intelligence
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : in-tel-i-juhns |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈtɛl ɪ dʒəns |
Definition of intelligence
Origin :- late 14c., "faculty of understanding," from Old French intelligence (12c.), from Latin intelligentia, intellegentia "understanding, power of discerning; art, skill, taste," from intelligentem (nominative intelligens) "discerning," present participle of intelligere "to understand, comprehend," from inter- "between" (see inter-) + legere "choose, pick out, read" (see lecture (n.)).
- Meaning superior understanding, sagacity" is from early 15c. Sense of "information, news" first recorded mid-15c., especially "secret information from spies" (1580s). Intelligence quotient first recorded 1921 (see I.Q.).
- noun ability to perceive, understand
- noun secret information
- As if you could be trusted with anything again that needs a schoolboy's intelligence.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- Your listening Hannah has given you this intelligence, as she does many others.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- What that truth may be, we leave to the intelligence of the reader to divine.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
- I felt this the more when to the concept of Infinitude I added that of Intelligence.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
- Let me know any intelligence you may gain of the enemy's strength or movements.
- Extract from : « A Sketch of the Life of Brig. Gen. Francis Marion » by William Dobein James
- He had, as well, intelligence, but it was not of a financial sort.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- He began to understand, for he was not lacking in intelligence.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- A look of intelligence passed between the members of his audience.
- Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
- The Old Man looked at Chip, intelligence dawning in his face.
- Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower
- Yet looking at her face it was not possible to doubt its intelligence.
- Extract from : « Green Mansions » by W. H. Hudson
Synonyms for intelligence
- acuity
- acumen
- advice
- agility
- alertness
- aptitude
- brainpower
- brains
- brightness
- brilliance
- capacity
- cleverness
- clue
- comprehension
- coruscation
- data
- dirt
- discernment
- disclosure
- facts
- findings
- gray matter
- hot tip
- info
- inside story
- intellect
- IQ
- judgment
- knowledge
- leak
- lowdown
- luminosity
- mentality
- mind
- news
- notice
- notification
- penetration
- perception
- perspicacity
- picture
- precocity
- quickness
- quotient
- reason
- report
- rumor
- sagacity
- savvy
- sense
- skill
- smarts
- subtlety
- the right stuff
- tidings
- tip-off
- trenchancy
- understanding
- what it takes
- wit
- word
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