English Explanatory Dictionary

smart

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To hurt or sting.
  2. To cause a smart or sting in.
  3. To feel a pungent pain of mind; to feel sharp pain or grief; to be punished severely; to feel the sting of evil.
adj
  1. Exhibiting social ability or cleverness.
  2. Exhibiting intellectual knowledge, such as that found in books.
  3. Equipped with intelligent behaviour (digital/computer technology).
  4. Good-looking; well dressed; fine; fashionable.
  5. Cleverly shrewd and humorous in a way that may be rude and disrespectful.
  6. Sudden and intense.
  7. Causing sharp pain; stinging.
  8. Sharp; keen; poignant.
  9. Intense in feeling; painful. Used usually with the adverb intensifier right.
  10. Efficient; vigorous; brilliant.
  11. Pretentious; showy; spruce.
  12. Brisk; fresh.
noun
  1. A sharp, quick, lively pain; a sting.
  2. Mental pain or suffering; grief; affliction.
  3. Clipping of smart money.
  4. A dandy; one who is smart in dress; one who is brisk, vivacious, or clever.
  5. A fan of professional wrestling who is aware of kayfabe and the scripted nature of the competition.
name
  1. Acronym of International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers.
noun
  1. Acronym of self-monitoring, analysis and reporting technology: a monitoring system included in computer HDDs and SSDs in order to detect and report various indicators of drive reliability with the intent of anticipating imminent hardware failures.
adj
  1. An acronym for remembering desirable characteristics for goal-setting: specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, timebound. (See SMART criteria on Wikipedia.Wikipedia)
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/smɑɹt/ /smɑːt/ en-us-smart.ogg

Word forms

smart smarts smarting smarted smort smorten smarter smartest

Etymology

From Middle English smerten, from Old English *smeortan (“to smart”), from Proto-West Germanic *smertan, from Proto-Germanic *smertaną (“to hurt, ache”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)merd- (“to bite, sting”). Cognate with Scots smert, Dutch smarten, German schmerzen, Danish smerte, Swedish smärta.

Synonyms

bright capable sophisticated witty astute brainy brilliant clever educated genius gifted ingenious intellectual intelligent keen knowledgeable piquant quick quick on the uptake quick-witted rational sagacious savvy scholared sharp smart talented whip-smart wise cultivated learned academical clueful erudite in the know knowledgeful knowsome scholarly sussed switched on up on well-informed attractive chic dapper stylish handsome silly pang throe misery pain wark anguish torment rend difficulty distress grief hardship

Antonyms

backward banal boorish dull inept ignorant uncultivated simple dumb garish outré tacky dumb money mark VAPID

Related words

S.M.A.R.T. DUMB FAST HARD SMARTER

Derived words

arsesmart besmart nosesmart smarting smartweed smartful book smart book-smart heart smart hypersmart nonsmart outsmart quicksmart quick smart right smart semismart smark smart alec smart aleck smart-aleck smart-aleckism smart-alecky smart-allecky smart appliance smart arse smart-arse smartarsed smart-arsed smart as a whip smart as paint smartass smart-ass smart ass smart band smart beta smartboard smart bomb smartbook smart card smart casual smart chance smart charging smart city smart contract smart cookie smart device smart doorbell smart dress smart drug smart dust smartdust smarten smarten up smart farming smart glasses smartglasses smart grid smart home smartish smartless

Translations

Bulgarian: остър Bulgarian: рязък Bulgarian: интелигентен Bulgarian: остроумен Finnish: pistävä Finnish: älykäs Finnish: äly- Finnish: täsmä- Finnish: pisteliäs Finnish: näsäviisas Galician: vivo Italian: acuto Italian: intelligente Italian: spiritoso Quechua: yachaysapa Chinese Mandarin: 智能 Chinese Mandarin: 俏皮 Czech: inteligentní Czech: chytrý Danish: intelligent French: intelligent French: malin French: astucieux Hungarian: okos Indonesian: cerdas Indonesian: pintar Malay: pintar Māori: atamai Polish: inteligentny Polish: zręczny Polish: umiejętny Polish: sprytny Portuguese: inteligente Russian: интеллектуальный Russian: умный Russian: остроу́мный Serbo-Croatian: pametan Serbo-Croatian: inteligentan Sicilian: ntilliggenti Sicilian: spiritusu Slovak: inteligentný Slovene: pametni Ukrainian: розу́мний Ukrainian: доте́пний Scottish Gaelic: geur
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