smarter

Adjective

smart (comparative smarter, superlative smartest)

1. Exhibiting social ability or cleverness.
   • I always preferred the church, and I still do. But that was not smart enough for my family. They recommended the army. That was a great deal too smart for me.1811, [Jane Austen], chapter 19, in Sense and Sensibility […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] C[harles] Roworth, […], and published by T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC

   Synonyms:

   bright, capable, sophisticated, witty, astute, brainy, brilliant, clever, educated, genius

   Antonyms:

   backward, banal, boorish, dull, inept

2. (informal) Exhibiting intellectual knowledge, such as that found in books.

   Synonyms:

   cultivated, educated, learned, academical, clueful, erudite, in the know, knowledgeable, knowledgeful, knowsome

   Antonyms:

   ignorant, uncultivated, simple

3. (in-compounds, often) Equipped with intelligent behaviour (digital/computer technology).
   • smart car

   Antonyms:

   dumb

4. Good-looking; well dressed; fine; fashionable.
   • a smart outfit

   Synonyms:

   attractive, chic, dapper, stylish, handsome

   Antonyms:

   garish, outré, tacky

5. Cleverly shrewd and humorous in a way that may be rude and disrespectful.
   • He became tired of his girlfriend's smart remarks.

   Synonyms:

   silly

6. Sudden and intense.
   • smart skirmishes, in which many fell1702–1704, Edward [Hyde, 1st] Earl of Clarendon, (please specify |book=I to XVI), in The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, Begun in the Year 1641. […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed...

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