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| bite |
to cause to sting or smart. [1/10 definitions] |
| bright |
intelligent; smart. [1/3 definitions] |
| brilliant |
having a very smart, sharp, and quick mind. [1/3 definitions] |
| clever |
having a quick mind; smart. |
| cookie |
(slang) a person, esp. one considered to be tough, smart, or the like. [1/4 definitions] |
| doll up |
(informal) to dress oneself or another in a smart, showy, or alluring manner as for a special social event. |
| dull |
not smart; slow to learn. [1/7 definitions] |
| dumb |
(informal) not smart; stupid. [1/2 definitions] |
| intellectual |
being very smart. [1/3 definitions] |
| intelligent |
possessing or marked by a higher than average capacity for learning, reasoning and understanding; intellectual; smart. [1/4 definitions] |
| rakish2 |
smart-looking or stylish; dashing; jaunty. [1/2 definitions] |
| slow |
not smart; not quick to learn or understand. [1/8 definitions] |
| smarty |
see "smart aleck." |
| spruce2 |
to make or become neat, smart, or stylish (usu. fol. by "up"). [1/2 definitions] |
| sting |
the smart, pain, or wound caused by or as if by a stinger. [1/5 definitions] |
| streetwise |
informed about what goes on and highly adapted for survival in a city, esp. the more sordid sections; street-smart. |
| stupid |
dull or slow to learn; not smart. |
| supersmart |
combined form of smart. |
| swank |
(informal) fashionably elegant or smart. [1/4 definitions] |
| swanky |
(informal) elegantly fashionable or smart; swank. [1/2 definitions] |
| swift |
(informal) clever; smart. [1/7 definitions] |
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