Meanings
nouncleverness (countable and uncountable, plural clevernesses)
plural clevernesses
- countableuncountableThe property of being clever.
1. Stuckism is the quest for authenticity. By removing the mask of cleverness and admitting where we are, the Stuckist allows him/herself uncensored expression.
2011, Billy Childish, Charles Thomson, “The Stuckist Manifesto”, in Alex Danchev, editor, 100 Artists' Manifestos: From the Futurists to the Stuckists, Penguin, →ISBN - countableuncountableSomething clever, or done cleverly.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe power of creative imagination
Broader
nounintelligence as manifested in being quick and witty
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Ancient Greek δεξιότης
- δεξιότης (dexiótēs)being clever, mentally sharp
Bulgarian интелигентност, способност
- интелигентност (inteligentnost)being clever, mentally sharp
- способност (sposobnost)being clever, mentally sharp
Czech chytrost
- chytrostbeing clever, mentally sharp
Finnish fiksuus, fiksuus
- fiksuussomething clever
- fiksuusbeing clever, mentally sharp
- ällibeing clever, mentally sharp
Irish aibíocht, abúlacht
- aibíochtbeing clever, mentally sharp
- abúlachtbeing clever, mentally sharp
Norwegian Bokmål finurlighet, dyktighet
- finurlighetsomething clever
- dyktighetbeing clever, mentally sharp
Romanian deșteptăciune, inteligență
- deșteptăciunebeing clever, mentally sharp
- inteligențăbeing clever, mentally sharp
Scottish Gaelic tapadh, gliocas
- tapadhbeing clever, mentally sharp
- gliocasbeing clever, mentally sharp
Spanish inteligencia, habilidad
- inteligenciabeing clever, mentally sharp
- habilidadbeing clever, mentally sharp
- listezabeing clever, mentally sharp
- agudezabeing clever, mentally sharp
- ingeniobeing clever, mentally sharp
- vivacidadbeing clever, mentally sharp
- astuciabeing clever, mentally sharp
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APA
cleverness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cleverness
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“cleverness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cleverness. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
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