Synonym Study

• Intellectual suggests keen intelligence coupled with interest and ability in the more advanced fields of knowledge
• Brilliant implies an unusually high degree of intelligence
• Bright and smart are somewhat informal, less precise equivalents for any of the preceding
• Alert emphasizes quickness in sizing up a situation
• Clever implies quickness in learning or understanding, but sometimes connotes a lack of thoroughness or depth
• Intelligent implies the ability to learn or understand from experience or to respond successfully to a new experience