intelligence quotient

1. 1.

   a measure of a person's intelligence as indicated by an intelligence test; the ratio of a person's mental age to their chronological age (multiplied by 100)

   SynonymsIQI.Q.

   Broaderratio

   Narroweradult intelligenceborderline intelligence

Questions about intelligence quotient

What does intelligence quotient mean?

intelligence quotient means "a measure of a person's intelligence as indicated by an intelligence test; the ratio of a person's mental age to their chronological age (multiplied by 100)".

What is another word for intelligence quotient?

Close synonyms include IQ, I.Q.. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is intelligence quotient a common word?

intelligence quotient is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.