Thesaurus:intelligence

Thesaurus

intelligence

English

Noun

Sense: capacity of mind, especially to understand and comprehend

Synonyms

• brain    [⇒ thesaurus] (metonym)
• brains (colloquial)
• cleverness
• head    [⇒ thesaurus] (metonym)
• brightness
• esprit
• intellect
• intelligence
• mind
• nous
• psyche
• reason
• smartness
• smarts (colloquial)
• wit
• judgment    [⇒ thesaurus]

Antonyms

• blockheadedness
• boneheadedness
• density
• denseness
• dimness
• dimwittedness
• doltery
• dullness
• dullwittedness
• dumbness
• dumminess
• duncedom
• duncehood
• duncery
• emptyheadedness
• fatuity
• foolery
• foolishness
• hebetude
• idioticness
• idiocy
• imbecility
• moronicity
• moronicness
• obtuseness
• obtusity
• slow-wittedness
• stolidity
• stupidity
• thickheadedness
• vacuity
• vacuousness

Holonyms

• faculty    [⇒ thesaurus]

Various

People by intelligence

• genius    [⇒ thesaurus]
• idiot    [⇒ thesaurus]

Adjectives for intelligence

• intelligent    [⇒ thesaurus]
• weak-minded    [⇒ thesaurus]
• stupid    [⇒ thesaurus]

Phrases

• not the brightest bulb in the chandelier
• not the sharpest tool in the shed
• quick on the uptake
• slow on the uptake

See also

• Thesaurus:intellectual
• Thesaurus:intelligent
• Thesaurus:genius
• Thesaurus:wisdom
• Thesaurus:witty

Further reading

• Wiktionary:Roget Thesaurus Classification

  Class IV. Words Relating to the Intellectual Faculties

  Division I. Formation of Ideas

  Section V. Results Of Reasoning

  498. “intelligence” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.

• “intelligence” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.