Synonyms of the word

clever

• adj. Nimble with hands or body; skillful; adept.
• adj. Resourceful, sometimes to the point of cunning.
• adj. Smart, intelligent, or witty; mentally quick or sharp.
• adj. Showing inventiveness or originality; witty.
• adj. (anthropology, of an Aboriginal Australian) Possessing magical abilities.
• adj. (obsolete) Fit; suitable; having propriety.
• adj. (obsolete) Well-shaped; handsome.
• adj. (US, dated) Good-natured; obliging.
• adj. (Britain, colloquial) Fit and healthy; free from fatigue or illness.

adroit

• adj. Deft, dexterous, or skillful.

apt

• adj. Suitable; appropriate; fit or fitted; suited.
• adj. (of persons or things) Having a habitual tendency; habitually liable or likely; disposed towards.
• adj. Ready; especially fitted or qualified (to do something); quick to learn; prompt; expert.

artful

• adj. Performed with, or characterized by, art or skill.
• adj. Artificial; imitative.
• adj. Using or exhibiting much art, skill, or contrivance; dexterous; skillful.
• adj. Cunning; disposed to cunning indirectness of dealing; crafty; as, an artful boy. [The usual sense.].

cagey

• adj. wary, careful, shrewd.
• adj. Uncommunicative; unwilling or hesitant to give information, reticent.

cagy

• adj. Alternative form of cagey.

canny

• adj. Careful, prudent, cautious.
• adj. Knowing, shrewd, astute.
• adj. Frugal, thrifty.
• adj. (Scotland, Northumbria) Pleasant, fair.
• adj. (Northumbria) Very or much.
• adv. (Geordie) quite; rather.

cunning

• adj. Sly; crafty; clever in surreptitious behaviour.
• adj. (obsolete) Skillful, artful.
• adj. (obsolete) Wrought with, or exibiting, skill or ingenuity; ingenious.
• adj. (US, colloquial, dated) Cute, appealing.
• n. Practical knowledge or experience; aptitude in performance; skill, proficiency; dexterity.
• n. Practical skill employed in a secret or crafty manner; craft; artifice; skillful deceit.
• n. The disposition to employ one's skill in an artful manner; craftiness; guile; artifice; skill of being…
• n. The natural wit or instincts of an animal.
• n. (obsolete) Knowledge; learning; special knowledge (sometimes implying occult or magical knowledge).

ingenious

• adj. Displaying genius or brilliance; tending to invent.
• adj. Characterized by genius; cleverly done or contrived.
• adj. Witty; original; shrewd; adroit; keen; sagacious.

intelligent

• adj. Of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright.
• adj. Well thought-out, well considered.
• adj. Characterized by thoughtful interaction.
• adj. Having the same level of brain power as mankind.
• adj. Having an environment-sensing automatically-invoked built-in computer capability.

smart

• v. (intransitive) To hurt or sting.
• v. (transitive) To cause a smart or sting in.
• v. To feel a pungent pain of mind; to feel sharp pain or grief; to suffer; to feel the sting of evil.
• adj. Causing sharp pain; stinging.
• adj. Sharp; keen; poignant.
• adj. Exhibiting social ability or cleverness.
• adj. Exhibiting intellectual knowledge, such as that found in books.
• adj. (often in combination) Equipped with digital/computer technology.
• adj. Good-looking.
• adj. Cleverly shrewd and humorous in a way that may be rude and disrespectful.
• adj. Sudden and intense.
• adj. (US, Southern, dated) Intense in feeling; painful. Used usually with the adverb intensifier right.
• adj. (archaic) Efficient; vigorous; brilliant.
• adj. (archaic) Pretentious; showy; spruce.
• adj. (archaic) Brisk; fresh.
• n. A sharp, quick, lively pain; a sting.
• n. Mental pain or suffering; grief; affliction.
• n. Smart-money.
• n. (slang, dated) A dandy; one who is smart in dress; one who is brisk, vivacious, or clever.