Thinking and knowing
Synonyms for smart
Synonyms for smart: bright and chic. 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 2 synonyms for smart
- brightadjective, in the sense "characterized by quickness and ease in learning"
- chicadjective, in the sense "elegant and stylish"
Each of these belongs to a different sense of smart, which is why the meaning beside them changes down the list.
characterized by quickness and ease in learning
Smart children talk earlier than the average.
smart in 2 more sentences, same sense
- The new intern picked up the filing system so fast that everyone called her smart.
- His grandmother wrote that he was a smart boy who learned his lessons quickly.
How it behaves: In this sense smart usually sits directly before a noun naming a person, especially a child or student, and appears mostly in everyday spoken register rather than formal writing.
The true synonym
bright
Same sentence, swapped: Bright children talk earlier than the average.
Close but different
The game shows these three beside the answer. Each is a real word with a real meaning and none of them fits the slot smart is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- wise
- chic
- tight
Opposites, in this sense
dull, slow and stupid reverse smart as it is used in the sentence above. A different sense of smart takes different opposites, which is why these sit inside the sense and not at the top of the page.
- dull
- slow
- stupid
elegant and stylish
A smart new dress.
The true synonym
chic
Same sentence, swapped: A chic new dress.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles the game puts on screen for this sense, and the note above says why the closest of them fails. None is a synonym for smart in the sentence quoted.
- fresh
- bright
- quick
Where smart turns up in the game
smart is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across two difficulty tiers. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in six other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
4 of the 6 puzzles where smart is the trap
- aliveadjective, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is live, in the sense "capable of erupting", and smart is one of the three tiles that lose.
- funnyadjective, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is odd, in the sense "beyond or deviating from the usual or expected", so smart is there to be ruled out.
- hurtadjective, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is wounded, in the sense "suffering from physical injury especially that suffered in battle", and smart is on the board beside it.
- freshadjective, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is unused, in the sense "not yet used or soiled", so smart is there to be ruled out.
Play smart
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so smart reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because thinking and knowing is the company smart keeps.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. smart carries 2 written reason lines, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.