mental dexterity

1. 1.

   intelligence as revealed by quickness and alertness of mind

   “nimbleness of wit and imagination”

   Synonymsnimbleness

   Broaderintelligence

Questions about mental dexterity

What does mental dexterity mean?

mental dexterity means "intelligence as revealed by quickness and alertness of mind".

What is another word for mental dexterity?

Close synonyms include nimbleness. 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 mental dexterity a common word?

mental dexterity 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.