English Explanatory Dictionary

intelligence

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The capacity of mind, especially to understand principles, truths, facts or meanings, acquire knowledge, and apply it to practice; the ability to comprehend and learn; the ability to process sentient experience to generate true beliefs with a justified degree of confidence.
  2. The quality of making use or having made use of such capacities: depth of understanding, mental quickness.
  3. An entity that has such capacities.
  4. Information, often secret, about an enemy or about hostile activities.
  5. A political or military department, agency or unit designed to gather information, usually secret, about the enemy or about hostile activities.
  6. Acquaintance; intercourse; familiarity.

Pronunciation

/ɪnˈtɛl.ɪ.d͡ʒəns/ En-us-intelligence.ogg

Word forms

intelligence intelligences

Etymology

From Middle English intelligence, from Old French intelligence, from Latin intelligentia, which is from inter- (“between”) + legere (“to choose, pick out, read”), from Proto-Italic *legō (“to care”). Doublet of intelligentsia.

Synonyms

brain brains cleverness head brightness esprit intellect intelligence mind nous psyche reason smartness smarts wit judgment sentient sapient sophont

Antonyms

blockheadedness boneheadedness density denseness dimness dimwittedness doltery dullness dullwittedness dumbness dumminess duncedom duncehood duncery emptyheadedness fatuity foolery foolishness hebetude idioticness idiocy imbecility moronicity moronicness obtuseness obtusity slow-wittedness stolidity stupidity thickheadedness vacuity vacuousness unintelligence

Related words

genius idiot intelligent weak-minded stupid not the brightest bulb in the chandelier not the sharpest tool in the shed quick on the uptake slow on the uptake intellectual wisdom witty

Derived words

adaptive intelligence anti-intelligence artificial general intelligence artificial intelligence business intelligence CIA co-intelligence communications intelligence computational intelligence counter-intelligence counter intelligence counterintelligence cyberintelligence electronic intelligence ELINT emotional intelligence extelligence fluid intelligence human intelligence HUMINT hyperintelligence insult one's intelligence intel intelligence agency intelligence asset intelligence community intelligenced intelligence-gathering intelligencelike intelligence office intelligence officer intelligence quotient intelligencer intelligence service intelligencing IQ machine intelligence MI5 MI6 misintelligence nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American people nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public nonintelligence no one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public SIGINT signals intelligence SIS social media intelligence SOCMINT superintelligence swarm intelligence synthetic intelligence tactical intelligence unintelligence

Translations

Arabic: مَعْلُومَات Arabic: مُخَابَرَات Azerbaijani: kəşfiyyat məlumatı Belarusian: разведда́нныя Bulgarian: разузна́ване Chinese Mandarin: 情報 /情报 Danish: efterretninger Dutch: inlichtingen Estonian: luureandmed Estonian: jälitusteave Estonian: luureteave Finnish: tiedustelutieto French: renseignements Georgian: დაზვერვა Georgian: სადაზვერვო მონაცემები German: Geheimdienstinformationen Greek: πληροφορία Hebrew: מוֹדִיעִין Hebrew: בִּיּוּן Hindi: आसूचना Indonesian: intelijen Irish: faisnéis Japanese: 情報 Javanese: ꦮꦱꦮꦶꦢꦾ Korean: 정보 Korean: 첩보 Latin: nūntius Macedonian: разузнавање Norwegian Bokmål: etterretning Norwegian Nynorsk: etterretning Iranian Persian: اِطِّلاعات Polish: wywiad Portuguese: inteligência Romanian: informații Russian: разведда́нные Russian: разве́дывательные да́нные Russian: све́дения Spanish: información Spanish: inteligencia Swedish: underrättelse Tagalog: pamalay Turkish: istihbarat Ukrainian: розвідда́ні Urdu: استخبار Urdu: استخبارات
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