intelligent : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: intelligent	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for intelligent
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
intelligent adj having the capacity for thought and reason especially to a high degree; "is there intelligent life in the universe?"; "an intelligent question" Antonym(s): stupid, unintelligent possessing sound knowledge; "well-informed readers" Synonym(s): intelligent, well-informed exercising or showing good judgment; "healthy scepticism"; "a healthy fear of rattlesnakes"; "the healthy attitude of French laws"; "healthy relations between labor and management"; "an intelligent solution"; "a sound approach to the problem"; "sound advice"; "no sound explanation for his decision" Synonym(s): healthy, intelligent, levelheaded, level-headed, sound endowed with the capacity to reason Synonym(s): intelligent, reasoning(a), thinking(a)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Intelligent \Intel"ligent\, a. [L. intelligens, intellegens, -entis, p. pr. of intelligere, intellegere, to perceive; inter between + legere to gather, collect, choose: cf. F. intelligent. See {Legend}.] 1. Endowed with the faculty of understanding or reason; as, man is an intelligent being. 2. Possessed of intelligence, education, or judgment; knowing; sensible; skilled; marked by intelligence; as, an intelligent young man; an intelligent architect; an intelligent answer. 3. Gognizant; aware; communicate. [Obs.] Intelligent of seasons. --Milton. Which are to France the spies and speculations Intelligent of our state. --Shak. Syn: Sensible; understanding. See {Sensible}.