English dictionary
smart
/sm/A/rt/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
adjective
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showing mental alertness and calculation and resourcefulness
Antonyms stupidSource: WordNet 3.0
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Causing a smart; pungent; pricking; as, a <i>smart</i> stroke or taste.
Source: webster1913
noun
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a kind of pain such as that caused by a wound or a burn or a sore
Source: WordNet 3.0
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Quick, pungent, lively pain; a pricking local pain, as the pain from puncture by nettles.
Source: webster1913
adjective satellite
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elegant and stylish
ExamplesA smart new dress.
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characterized by quickness and ease in learning
ExamplesSmart children talk earlier than the average.
Synonyms brightSource: WordNet 3.0
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improperly forward or bold
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painfully severe
ExamplesHe gave the dog a smart blow.
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quick and brisk
ExamplesI gave him a smart salute.
We walked at a smart pace.
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capable of independent and apparently intelligent action
ExamplesSmart weapons.
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verb
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be the source of pain
Source: WordNet 3.0
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To feel a lively, pungent local pain; -- said of some part of the body as the seat of irritation; as, my finger <i>smarts</i>; these wounds <i>smart</i>.
Source: webster1913
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To cause a smart in.
Source: webster1913