clever
adjective
- = intelligent, quick, bright, talented, gifted, keen, capable, smart, sensible, rational, witty, apt, discerning, knowledgeable, astute, brainy (informal), quick-witted, sagacious, knowing, deep, expert •
My sister has always been the clever one in our family.
opposites: slow, thick, stupid, dull, dense, dumb (informal), witless - = shrewd, bright, cunning, ingenious, inventive, astute, resourceful, canny •
It's a very clever idea.
opposites: boring, dull, unimaginative - = skilful, able, talented, gifted, capable, inventive, adroit, dexterous •
My father was very clever with his hands.
opposites: awkward, clumsy, inept, inexpert, maladroit, unaccomplished, ham-fisted (informal), unco (Australian, slang)
'clever' in Other Languages
- British English: clever
A clever person is intelligent and able to understand things easily or to plan things well.My sister was always a lot cleverer than I was.ˈklɛvə ADJECTIVE - Arabic: شَاطِر
- Brazilian Portuguese: esperto esperta
- Chinese: 聪明的
- Croatian: pametan pametna
- Czech: chytrý
- Danish: klog
- Dutch: slim
- European Spanish: inteligente
- Finnish: älykäs
- French: intelligent
- German: schlau
- Greek: έξυπνος έξυπνη
- Italian: intelligente
- Japanese: 賢い
- Korean: 영리한
- Norwegian: smart
- Polish: zdolny zdolna
- Portuguese: esperto esperta
- Romanian: deștept deștept, deșteaptă, deștepți, deștepte
- Russian: умный умная
- Spanish: inteligente
- Swedish: begåvad
- Thai: เฉลียวฉลาด
- Turkish: zeki
- Ukrainian: розумний
- Vietnamese: thông minh
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