Thinking and knowing
Synonyms for clever
Synonyms for clever: apt, cagey and cunning. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 3 synonyms for clever
Interchangeable with clever, one per sense
Audited under clever's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one clever carries in that sense.
- aptadjective, in the sense "mentally quick and resourceful"
- cageyadjective, in the sense "showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name clever as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- cunningcunning is an adjective in the sense "showing inventiveness and skill"
two of these come from clever's own entries in the bank, and one was audited from the other word's side of the pair. Both directions were read by a human, and only the sense quoted differs.
mentally quick and resourceful
She is a clever pupil who picks up new ideas quickly.
The true synonym
apt
Same sentence, swapped: She is a apt pupil who picks up new ideas quickly.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles for this sense. Each is a real word, and none of them can stand where clever stands in the sentence above.
- cagey
- joking
- capable
showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others
A clever operator who always came out ahead in deals.
The true synonym
cagey
Same sentence, swapped: A cagey operator who always came out ahead in deals.
Close but different
The game offers these three alongside the answer. They are close enough to tempt and wrong enough to be wrong, which is the whole design.
- apt
- crack
- joking
Where clever turns up in the game
clever is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across Tier 3, Ridgeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzle where clever is the trap
- alertadjective, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is watchful, in the sense "engaged in or accustomed to close observation", with clever sitting one tile away.
Play clever
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so clever reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Closest first: other thinking and knowing words at Ridgeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
Every word is an answer somewhere and a trap somewhere else
clever is an answer in 2 puzzles and a wrong tile in 1. That is how the bank is built, and it is why guessing by vibe stops working around tier three.