clever
clever is a 6-letter English word with 8 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Possessing quickness of intellect, skill, dexterity, talent, or adroitness; expert. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- adjective. Possessing quickness of intellect, skill, dexterity, talent, or adroitness; expert.
- adjective. Showing skill or adroitness in the doer or former; as, a clever speech; a clever trick.
- adjective. Having fitness, propriety, or suitableness.
- adjective. Well-shaped; handsome.
- adjective. Good-natured; obliging.
- adjective. showing inventiveness and skill
"a clever gadget"
"the cunning maneuvers leading to his success"
- adjective. showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others
"a cagey lawyer"
"too clever to be sound"
- adjective. mentally quick and resourceful-Bram Stoker
"an apt pupil"
"you are a clever man...you reason well and your wit is bold"
Synonyms
cunning, ingenious, cagey, cagy, canny, apt
Common word forms
cleverer, cleverly, cleverest, cleverness
Words from these letters
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