" smart "

1: having or showing a practical cleverness or judgment;

  * e.g., " ... a smart investment that has really paid off "

•  Synonyms : 

•  astute,

•  canny,

•  clear-eyed,

•  clear-sighted,

•  hard-boiled,

•  hardheaded,

•  heady,

•  knowing,

•  savvy,

•  sharp,

•  sharp-witted,

•  shrewd

•  Antonyms : 

•  unknowing

2: having or showing quickness of mind;

  * e.g., " ... a smart child who will do well in school "

•  Synonyms : 

•  alert,

•  brainy,

•  bright,

•  brilliant,

•  clever,

•  exceptional,

•  fast,

•  hyperintelligent,

•  intelligent,

•  keen,

•  nimble,

•  quick,

•  quick-witted,

•  sharp,

•  sharp-witted,

•  supersmart,

•  ultrasmart

•  Antonyms : 

•  airheaded,

•  birdbrained,

•  boneheaded,

•  brain-dead,

•  brainless,

•  bubbleheaded,

•  chuckleheaded,

•  dense,

•  dim,

•  dim-witted,

•  doltish,

•  dopey,

•  dorky,

•  dull,

•  dumb,

•  dunderheaded,

•  empty-headed,

•  fatuous,

•  gormless,

•  half-witted,

•  knuckleheaded,

•  lamebrain,

•  lunkheaded,

•  mindless,

•  obtuse,

•  opaque,

•  pinheaded,

•  senseless,

•  simple,

•  slow,

•  slow-witted,

•  soft,

•  softheaded,

•  stupid,

•  thick,

•  thickheaded,

•  thick-witted,

•  unbrilliant,

•  unintelligent,

•  unsmart,

•  vacuous,

•  weak-minded,

•  witless

3: given to or marked by mature intelligent humor;

  * e.g., " ... something one sees so rarely on TV: a smart sitcom "

•  Synonyms : 

•  clever,

•  facetious,

•  humorous,

•  jocular,

•  witty

•  Antonyms : 

•  disheveled,

•  frowsy,

•  sloppy,

•  slovenly,

•  unkempt

1: making light of something usually regarded as serious or sacred;

  * e.g., " ... a talk show host who's known for his quick quips and smart-aleck observations on current events "

•  Synonyms : 

•  cute,

•  facetious,

•  flip,

•  flippant,

•  pert,

•  smart,

•  smart-alecky,

•  smart-ass,

•  smart-assed,

•  smarty-pants,

•  wise,

•  wiseass

•  Antonyms : 

•  earnest,

•  sincere

2: marked by the use of wit that is intended to cause hurt feelings;

  * e.g., " ... a smart-aleck reply that was met with a slap in the face "

•  Synonyms : 

•  acerb,

•  acerbic,

•  acid,

•  acidic,

•  acidulous,

•  acrid,

•  barbed,

•  biting,

•  caustic,

•  corrosive,

•  cutting,

•  mordant,

•  pungent,

•  sarcastic,

•  sardonic,

•  satiric,

•  scalding,

•  scathing,

•  sharp,

•  smart-alecky,

•  smart-mouthed,

•  snarky,

•  tart

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: making light of something usually regarded as serious or sacred;

  * e.g., " ... you wouldn't be so smart-alecky if you were the one having the surgery "

•  Synonyms : 

•  cute,

•  facetious,

•  flip,

•  flippant,

•  pert,

•  smart,

•  smart-aleck,

•  smart-ass,

•  smart-assed,

•  smarty-pants,

•  wise,

•  wiseass

•  Antonyms : 

•  earnest,

•  sincere

2: marked by the use of wit that is intended to cause hurt feelings;

  * e.g., " ... smart-alecky comments from a coworker about her new clothes "

•  Synonyms : 

•  acerb,

•  acerbic,

•  acid,

•  acidic,

•  acidulous,

•  acrid,

•  barbed,

•  biting,

•  caustic,

•  corrosive,

•  cutting,

•  mordant,

•  pungent,

•  sarcastic,

•  sardonic,

•  satiric,

•  scalding,

•  scathing,

•  sharp,

•  smart-aleck,

•  smart-mouthed,

•  snarky,

•  tart

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: making light of something usually regarded as serious or sacred;

  * e.g., " ... it's easy to make smart-ass jokes about death when you're not the one who's dying "

•  Synonyms : 

•  cute,

•  facetious,

•  flip,

•  flippant,

•  pert,

•  smart,

•  smart-aleck,

•  smart-alecky,

•  smart-assed,

•  smarty-pants,

•  wise,

•  wiseass

•  Antonyms : 

•  earnest,

•  sincere

1: making light of something usually regarded as serious or sacred;

  * e.g., " ... smart-assed collegians making jokes at the expense of devout churchgoers "

•  Synonyms : 

•  cute,

•  facetious,

•  flip,

•  flippant,

•  pert,

•  smart,

•  smart-aleck,

•  smart-alecky,

•  smart-ass,

•  smarty-pants,

•  wise,

•  wiseass

•  Antonyms : 

•  earnest,

•  sincere

1: marked by the use of wit that is intended to cause hurt feelings;

  * e.g., " ... your smart-mouthed remarks aren't at all helping the situation "

•  Synonyms : 

•  acerb,

•  acerbic,

•  acid,

•  acidic,

•  acidulous,

•  acrid,

•  barbed,

•  biting,

•  caustic,

•  corrosive,

•  cutting,

•  mordant,

•  pungent,

•  sarcastic,

•  sardonic,

•  satiric,

•  scalding,

•  scathing,

•  sharp,

•  smart-aleck,

•  smart-alecky,

•  snarky,

•  tart

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: to feel or cause physical pain;

  * e.g., " ... the injection only smarted for a moment "

•  Synonyms : 

•  ache,

•  hurt,

•  pain

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: a sharp unpleasant sensation usually felt in some specific part of the body;

  * e.g., " ... the toddler was whining over the smart from the cut "

•  Synonyms : 

•  ache,

•  pain,

•  pang,

•  prick,

•  shoot,

•  sting,

•  stitch,

•  throe,

•  tingle,

•  twinge

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

2: the ability to learn and understand or to deal with problems;

  * e.g., " ... she had the smarts to start college at age 16, but perhaps not the emotional maturity "

•  Synonyms : 

•  brain(s),

•  brainpower,

•  gray matter,

•  headpiece,

•  intellect,

•  intellectuality,

•  intelligence,

•  mentality,

•  reason,

•  sense

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: a person who likes to show off in a clever but annoying way;

  * e.g., " ... some smart aleck in the audience kept shouting clever insults at the nervous speaker "

•  Synonyms : 

•  smarty,

•  smarty-pants,

•  wiseacre,

•  wiseass,

•  wise guy,

•  wisenheimer

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: as in smartly, sharply;

•  Synonyms : 

•  nattily,

•  sharply,

•  smartly,

•  sprucely,

•  neatly,

•  orderly,

•  tidily,

•  fashionably,

•  modishly,

•  carefully,

•  fastidiously,

•  fussily,

•  meticulously,

•  cleanly,

•  immaculately,

•  spotlessly

•  Antonyms : 

•  dowdily,

•  sloppily,

•  slovenly,

•  slatternly,

•  chaotically,

•  messily,

•  untidily