smart

Meaning

Verb

1. (intransitive) To hurt or sting.
2. (transitive) To cause a smart or sting in.
3. (intransitive) To feel a pungent pain of mind; to feel sharp pain or grief; to be punished severely; to feel the sting of evil.

Adj

1. Exhibiting social ability or cleverness.
2. (informal) Exhibiting intellectual knowledge, such as that found in books.
3. (in-compounds, often) Equipped with intelligent behaviour (digital/computer technology).
4. Good-looking; well dressed; fine; fashionable.
5. Cleverly shrewd and humorous in a way that may be rude and disrespectful.
6. Sudden and intense.
7. Causing sharp pain; stinging.
8. Sharp; keen; poignant.
9. (Southern-US, dated) Intense in feeling; painful. Used usually with the adverb intensifier right.
10. (archaic) Efficient; vigorous; brilliant.
11. (archaic) Pretentious; showy; spruce.
12. (archaic) Brisk; fresh.
13. (Appalachia) Hard-working.

Noun

1. A sharp, quick, lively pain; a sting.
2. Mental pain or suffering; grief; affliction.
3. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping) Clipping of smart money.
4. (dated, slang) A dandy; one who is smart in dress; one who is brisk, vivacious, or clever.

Opposite of

backward, banal, boorish, dull, inept, ignorant, uncultivated, simple, dumb, garish, outré, tacky, dumb money

Synonyms

clever

intelligent

wise

sting

sharp

quick

shrewd

bright

stylish

cunning

neat

sly

spruce

hurt

fashionable

crafty

chic

astute

elegant

ache

keen

ingenious

adroit

dashing

brainy

sagacious

capable

prompt

brilliant

able

tingle

pain

saucy

wily

witty

agile

expert

skilled

quick-witted

fine

acute

nimble

sharp-witted

trim

sneaky

spiffy

nifty

apt

itch

active

Translations

klug

intelligent

intelligente

listo

slim

inteligente

schlau

listig

doortrapt

intelligent

gewiekst

vivo

sveglio

elegante

furbo

Pronounced as (IPA)

/smɑɹt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: smerten

Inherited from Old English: smeortan

Cognate with Scots: smert

Cognate with Dutch: smarten

Cognate with German: schmerzen

Cognate with Danish: smerte

Cognate with Swedish: smärta

Inherited from Middle English: smert

Cognate with Old Frisian: smert

Cognate with Dutch: smart

Cognate with Low German: smart

Cognate with German: Schmerz

In summary

From Middle English smerten, from Old English *smeortan (“to smart”), from Proto-West Germanic *smertan, from Proto-Germanic *smertaną (“to hurt, ache”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)merd- (“to bite, sting”). Cognate with Scots smert, Dutch smarten, German schmerzen, Danish smerte, Swedish smärta.