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say it: in-TEL-uh-juhnt
intelligent is an adjective meaning "having the capacity for thought and reason especially to a high degree". It carries 4 recorded senses.
having the capacity for thought and reason especially to a high degree
“is there intelligent life in the universe?”
“an intelligent question”
exercising or showing good judgment
“healthy scepticism”
“a healthy fear of rattlesnakes”
“the healthy attitude of French laws”
“healthy relations between labor and management”
“an intelligent solution”
“a sound approach to the problem”
“sound advice”
“no sound explanation for his decision”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for intelligent come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.