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smart

smart
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [smahrt]
    • /smɑrt/
    • /smɑːt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [smahrt]
    • /smɑrt/

Definitions of smart word

  • adjective smart having or showing quick intelligence or ready mental capability: a smart student. 2
  • adjective smart clever, witty, or readily effective, as a speaker, speech, rejoinder, etc. 2
  • verb without object smart to be a source of sharp, local, and usually superficial pain, as a wound. 1
  • verb without object smart to be the cause of a sharp, stinging pain, as an irritating application, a blow, etc. 1
  • verb without object smart to feel a sharp, stinging pain, as in a wound. 1
  • verb without object smart to suffer keenly from wounded feelings: She smarted under their criticism. 1

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Origin of smart

First appearance:

before 1050
One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1050; (v.) Middle English smerten, Old English -smeortan (only in the compound fyrsmeortende painful like fire), cognate with Old High German smerzan (German schmerzen); (adj.) Middle English smerte, smart quick, prompt, sharp, orig., biting, smarting, late Old English smearte, akin to the v.; (adv. and noun) Middle English smerte, derivative of the adj.

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Smart

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

smart popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

smart usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for smart

adj smart

  • a go go — as much as you like; to your heart's content; galore: food and drink à gogo.
  • a go-go — go-go
  • a gogo — as much as one likes; galore
  • able — Someone who is able is very clever or very good at doing something.
  • adroit — Someone who is adroit is quick and skilful in their thoughts, behaviour, or actions.

verb smart

  • ache — If you ache or a part of your body aches, you feel a steady, fairly strong pain.
  • anguished — Anguished means showing or feeling great mental suffering or physical pain.
  • bite — If you bite something, you use your teeth to cut into it, for example in order to eat it or break it. If an animal or person bites you, they use their teeth to hurt or injure you.
  • burn — If there is a fire or a flame somewhere, you say that there is a fire or flame burning there.
  • cut to the quick — done, proceeding, or occurring with promptness or rapidity, as an action, process, etc.; prompt; immediate: a quick response.

adjective smart

  • argute — (of sounds) shrill
  • astucious — Subtle; cunning; astute.
  • astute — If you describe someone as astute, you think they show an understanding of behaviour and situations, and are skilful at using this knowledge to their own advantage.
  • chipper — Chipper means cheerful and lively.
  • cute — Something or someone that is cute is very pretty or attractive, or is intended to appear pretty or attractive.

noun smart

Antonyms for smart

adj smart

  • anencephalic — born with no or only a partial brain
  • anencephalous — congenital absence of part or all of the brain.
  • aphotic — characterized by or growing in the absence of light
  • at ease — If you are at ease, you are feeling confident and relaxed, and are able to talk to people without feeling nervous or anxious. If you put someone at their ease, you make them feel at ease.
  • backward — A backward movement or look is in the direction that your back is facing. Some people use backwards for this meaning.

adjective smart

  • aper — a person who apes, a mimic
  • atramentous — similar to or as black as ink
  • cincher — Something that cinches as in holds and fastens, such as a belt or corset.
  • clabbered — Simple past tense and past participle of clabber.
  • curdled — Containing curds.

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