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Noun cleverness has 3 senses
- cleverness(n = noun.cognition) ingeniousness, ingenuity, inventiveness - the power of creative imagination; Array is a kind of creative thinking, creativeness, creativity
- cleverness(n = noun.cognition) brightness, smartness - intelligence as manifested in being quick and witty; Array is a kind of intelligence
- cleverness(n = noun.attribute) ingeniousness, ingenuity - the property of being ingenious; "a plot of great ingenuity"; "the cleverness of its design" is a kind of high quality, superiority
has particulars: imagination, resource, resourcefulness
Derived form adjective clever2
Derived form adjective clever3
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cleverness
Italian hand, ability, acuity, acuteness, address, adeptness, adroitness, airmanship, aptitude, aptness, art, artfulness, artifice, artisanship, artistry, astuteness, braininess, bravura, brightness, brilliance, cageyness, callidity, canniness, capability, capacity, clear thinking, command, competence, control, coordination, craft, craftiness, craftsmanship, cunning, cunningness, deftness, dexterity, dexterousness, dextrousness, diplomacy, docility, educability, efficiency, esprit, expertise, facetiousness, facility, fine Italian hand, finesse, flair, foxiness, funniness, gamesmanship, genius, giftedness, gifts, grace, grip, guile, handiness, horsemanship, humorousness, impressionability, ingeniousness, ingenuity, insidiousness, intelligence, inventiveness, jocoseness, jocularity, joking, joshing, keen-wittedness, keenness, know-how, malleability, marksmanship, mastership, mastery, mental alertness, mercurial mind, moldability, motivation, native cleverness, nimble mind, nimble-wittedness, nimbleness, nous, one-upmanship, plasticity, pleasantry, pliability, practical ability, proficiency, prowess, pungency, quick parts, quick thinking, quick wit, quick-wittedness, quickness, readiness, ready wit, receptivity, resource, resourcefulness, saltiness, satanic cunning, savoir-faire, savvy, seamanship, sharp-wittedness, sharpness, shiftiness, shrewdness, skill, skillfulness, slipperiness, slyness, smartness, smarts, sneakiness, sophistry, sprightly wit, stealth, stealthiness, style, subtilty, subtleness, subtlety, suppleness, susceptibility, tact, tactfulness, talent, teachability, teachableness, technical brilliance, technical mastery, technical skill, technique, timing, trainableness, trickiness, virtuosity, wariness, wiles, wiliness, willingness, wit, wittiness, wizardry, workmanshipROGET THESAURUS
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Skill
N skill, skillfulness, address, dexterity, dexterousness, adroitness, expertness, proficiency, competence, technical competence, craft, callidity, facility, knack, trick, sleight, mastery, mastership, excellence, panurgy, ambidexterity, ambidextrousness, sleight of hand, seamanship, airmanship, marksmanship, horsemanship, rope-dancing, accomplishment, acquirement, attainment, art, science, technicality, technology, practical knowledge, technical knowledge, knowledge of the world, world wisdom, savoir faire, tact, mother wit, discretion, finesse, craftiness, management, self-help, cleverness, talent, ability, ingenuity, capacity, parts, talents, faculty, endowment, forte, turn, gift, genius, intelligence, sharpness, readiness, invention, aptness, aptitude, turn for, capacity for, genius for, felicity, capability, curiosa felicitas, qualification, habilitation, proficient, masterpiece, coup de maitre, chef d'euvre, tour de force, good stroke, skillful, dexterous, adroit, expert, apt, handy, quick, deft, ready, gain, slick, smart, proficient, good at, up to, at home in, master of, a good hand at, au fait, thoroughbred, masterly, crack, accomplished, conversant, experienced, practiced, skilled, hackneyed, up in, well up in, in practice, in proper cue, competent, efficient, qualified, capable, fitted, fit for, up to the mark, trained, initiated, prepared, primed, finished, clever, cute, able, ingenious, felicitous, gifted, talented, endowed, inventive, shrewd, sharp, on the ball, cunning, alive to, up to snuff, not to be caught with chaff, discreet, neat-handed, fine-fingered, nimble-fingered, ambidextrous, sure- footed, cut out for, fitted for, technical, artistic, scientific, daedalian, shipshape, workman- like, business-like, statesman-like, skillfully, well, artistically, with skill, with consummate skill, secundum artem, suo Marte, to the best of one's abilities, ars celare artem, artes honorabit, celui qui veut celui-la peut, c'est une grande habilite que de savoir cacher son, expertus metuit, es bildet ein Talent sich in der Stille sich ein C, heart to conceive, the understanding to direct, or the hand to execute, if you have lemons, make lemonade.
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