Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition

academic adj (STUDYING)

acuity n
acumen n
agility n, at agile adj (PHYSICALLY)
agile adj (MENTALLY)
apt adj (CLEVER)
artful adj
astute adj
brain n
brainpower n
brainy adj
bright adj (INTELLIGENT)
brilliance n (CLEVERNESS)
brilliantly adv, at brilliant adj (VERY GOOD)
brilliant adj (CLEVER)
brilliantly adv, at brilliant adj (SHINING)
cerebral adj
clarity n (THINKING CLEARLY)
clear-sighted adj
clever adj
clever-clever adj
cleverly adv
cleverness n
common sense n
cute adj (CLEVER)
discernment n
donnish adj
enterprising adj
gifted adj
grey matter n
gumption n
head n (MIND)
highbrow adj
horse sense n
hot adj (SKILFUL)
imaginative adj
ingenious adj
ingenuity n
initiative n (JUDGMENT)
insight n
intellect n
intellectual adj
intelligence n (ABILITY)
intelligent adj
IQ n
judgment n (DECIDE)
learned adj (EDUCATED)
literate adj
mental age n
nimble adj
nous n
owlish adj
penetration n (UNDERSTANDING)
penetrative adj (UNDERSTANDING)
perceptive adj
percipient adj
perspicacious adj
perspicacity n
presence of mind n
profound adj (SHOWING UNDERSTANDING)
profundity n (UNDERSTANDING)
quick adj
quick-witted adj
razor-sharp adj (CLEVER)
ready adj (QUICK)
real adj (IMPORTANT)

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 Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition

resource n
resourceful adj
resourcefulness n
savvy n
scholarly adj
sharpness n, at sharp adj (ABLE TO CUT)
sharpness n, at sharp adj (SUDDEN)
sharpness n, at sharp adj (TASTE)
sharpness n, at sharp adj (CLEAR)
sharp adj (CLEVER)
sharpness n, at sharp adj (FASHIONABLE)
sharply adv (CLEVER)
smart adj (CLEVER)
smarts n
strong adj (NOT WEAK)
subtle adj
subtlety n
well educated adj
well grounded adj
well informed adj
well read adj
well versed adj
wisdom n
judgement, at judgment n (DECIDE)
resource, at resourcefulness n
be no fool
on your own initiative
a penetrating mind
wits
as (if) to the manner born idiom
be quick/slow off the mark idiom
when all is said and done idiom
be quick/slow on the uptake idiom

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