Synonyms for smartness
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : smahrt |
| Phonetic Transcription : smɑrt |
Top 10 synonyms for smartness Other synonyms for the word smartness
- acuteness
- adroitness
- astuteness
- brains
- brightness
- brilliancy
- calculation
- canniness
- chichi
- comfort
- comprehension
- cosmopolitanism
- craze
- creativity
- cunning
- dash
- delicacy
- dernier cri
- discernment
- discrimination
- dressiness
- ease
- élan
- fad
- farsightedness
- gift
- good taste
- grace
- grandeur
- grasp
- guile
- gumption
- ingenuity
- insight
- inspiration
- intellect
- intelligence
- intuition
- inventiveness
- judgment
- keenness
- luxury
- mode
- panache
- perception
- percipience
- perspicacity
- perspicuity
- polish
- quick wit
- quickness
- rage
- refinement
- resourcefulness
- sagacity
- savoir-faire
- sense
- sensitivity
- sharpness
- shrewdness
- skill
- smartness
- smarts
- sophistication
- stylishness
- talent
- taste
- thing
- understanding
- urbanity
- vision
- vogue
- wisdom
- wit
Définition of smartness
Origin :- c.1300, "severity," from smart (adj.) + -ness. From 1752 as "trimness," 1800 as "cleverness."
- As in ingenuity : noun cleverness
- As in style : noun fashionableness
- As in brilliance : noun genius
- As in brilliancy : noun genius
- As in acumen : noun ability to understand and reason
- As in cleverness : noun brightness, ingenuity
- To her, the blaze of the Set's smartness was but the flicker of a penny dip.
- Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
- His courtesy, his smartness, his anecdotes, his reminiscences were all Boredom.
- Extract from : « Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I. » by Charles James Lever
- He was dressed, however, with some pretensions to smartness.
- Extract from : « Paul Prescott's Charge » by Horatio Alger
- He made as if I had deafened him with protestations of my smartness and willingness.
- Extract from : « Chance » by Joseph Conrad
- Some fellows used to say there was no one like you for smartness—but you never took me in.
- Extract from : « An Outcast of the Islands » by Joseph Conrad
- He has done that job outside very smartly—damn his smartness!
- Extract from : « The Rescue » by Joseph Conrad
- But Justin's thoughts were not of her "smartness" but of her pathetic loveliness.
- Extract from : « Glory of Youth » by Temple Bailey
- Then Willie up and boasted of your smartness down at the railroad.
- Extract from : « The Grammar School Boys of Gridley » by H. Irving Hancock
- The alleged father stood there, chuckling over the smartness of his progeny.
- Extract from : « Eventide » by Effie Afton
- If it is not destined, neither wisdom nor strength nor smartness are of any avail.
- Extract from : « Jewish Children » by Sholem Naumovich Rabinovich
Antonyms for smartness
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