smart

1. 1.

   a kind of pain such as that caused by a wound or a burn or a sore

   Synonymssmartingsmartness

   Broaderpain

1. 1.

   be the source of pain

   Synonymsachehurt

   Broadercause to be perceived

   Narrowerbiteburnitchhungerthirstact upthrobshoot

Other forms of smart

plural

smarts·

past tense

smarted·

present participle

smarting·

comparative

smarter·

superlative

smartest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about smart

What does smart mean?

smart means "showing mental alertness and calculation and resourcefulness". That is the primary sense; the word has 9 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in smart?

smart has 1 syllable: smart. In IPA it is /ˈsmɑɹt/.

What is another word for smart?

Close synonyms include chic, voguish, bright, fresh, impertinent. 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.

What is the opposite of smart?

The recorded antonyms are stupid.

Is smart a common word?

smart is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with smart?

1 word rhymes with smart. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.