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Smart

/smɑːt/

To hurt or sting.

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📖 Definitions of "Smart"

verb

1
To hurt or sting.
"After being hit with a pitch, the batter exclaimed "Ouch, my arm smarts!""
2
To cause a smart or sting in.
3
To feel a pungent pain of mind; to feel sharp pain or grief; be punished severely; to feel the sting of evil.

🔄 Synonyms of "Smart"

30 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
shrewd	Showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters.
impudent	Not showing due respect; bold-faced, impertinent.
sharpnoun	Terminating in a point or edge, especially one that can cut or pierce easily; not dull, obtuse, or rounded.
astute	Shrewd or crafty.
brightnoun	Emitting much light; visually dazzling; luminous, lucent, radiant.
clevernoun	Quick to understand, learn, and devise or apply ideas; intelligent.
intelligentnoun	Of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright.
impertinentnoun	Insolent, ill-mannered or disrespectful; Disregardful.
hurtverb	(transitive, intransitive) To cause (a person or animal) physical pain and/or injury.
rakish	Dashingly, carelessly, or sportingly unconventional or stylish; jaunty; characterized by a devil-may-care unconventionality; having a somewhat disreputable quality or appearance.
achenoun	(intransitive, stative) To suffer pain; to be the source of, or be in, pain, especially continued dull pain; to be distressed.
freshnoun	Newly produced or obtained; recent.
saucy	(figurative) Impertinent or disrespectful, often in a manner that is regarded as entertaining or amusing; smart.
cagey	Uncommunicative; unwilling or hesitant to give information.
forwardverb	(not comparable) Situated toward or at the front of something.
dapper	Stylishly dressed, neatly dressed, spiffy.
stylish	Having elegance or taste or refinement in manners or dress.
dashingnoun	Spirited, audacious and full of high spirits.
raffish	Characterized by careless unconventionality; rakish.
nattynoun	(informal) Smart and fashionable.
voguish	Trendy.
snappy	(informal) Rapid and without delay.
fashionablenoun	Characteristic of or influenced by a current popular trend or style; in fashion; in vogue.
cagy	Alternative form of cagey. [Wary, careful, shrewd.]
smartingnoun	A sensation that smarts or stings.

↔️ Antonyms of "Smart"

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
stupidnoun	Without intelligence.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Smart"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
hurtverb	(transitive, intransitive) To cause (a person or animal) physical pain and/or injury.
achenoun	(intransitive, stative) To suffer pain; to be the source of, or be in, pain, especially continued dull pain; to be distressed.
raffish	Characterized by careless unconventionality; rakish.
rakish	Dashingly, carelessly, or sportingly unconventional or stylish; jaunty; characterized by a devil-may-care unconventionality; having a somewhat disreputable quality or appearance.
snappy	(informal) Rapid and without delay.
cagy	Alternative form of cagey. [Wary, careful, shrewd.]
impertinentnoun	Insolent, ill-mannered or disrespectful; Disregardful.
dashingnoun	Spirited, audacious and full of high spirits.
impudent	Not showing due respect; bold-faced, impertinent.
overbold	Too bold; impertinent or overreaching.
shrewd	Showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters.
jauntynoun	Dapper or stylish.
cagey	Uncommunicative; unwilling or hesitant to give information.
astute	Shrewd or crafty.
clevernoun	Quick to understand, learn, and devise or apply ideas; intelligent.
sharpnoun	Terminating in a point or edge, especially one that can cut or pierce easily; not dull, obtuse, or rounded.
cannynoun	Knowing, shrewd, astute.
brightnoun	Emitting much light; visually dazzling; luminous, lucent, radiant.
dapper	Stylishly dressed, neatly dressed, spiffy.
nattynoun	(informal) Smart and fashionable.