'Clever' definitions:
Definition of 'clever'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others; "a cagey lawyer"; "too clever to be sound" [syn: cagey, cagy, canny, clever]
adjective
Mentally quick and resourceful; "an apt pupil"; "you are a clever man...you reason well and your wit is bold"-Bram Stoker [syn: apt, clever]
adjective
Definition of 'Clever'
From: GCIDE
- Clever \Clev"er\, a. [Origin uncertain. Cf. OE. cliver eager, AS. clyfer (in comp.) cloven; or clifer a claw, perh. connected with E. cleave to divide, split, the meaning of E. clever perh. coming from the idea of grasping, seizing (with the mind).]
- 1. Possessing quickness of intellect, skill, dexterity, talent, or adroitness; expert. [1913 Webster]
- Though there were many clever men in England during the latter half of the seventeenth century, there were only two great creative minds. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever. --C. Kingsley. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Showing skill or adroitness in the doer or former; as, a clever speech; a clever trick. --Byron. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Having fitness, propriety, or suitableness. [1913 Webster]
- 'T would sound more clever To me and to my heirs forever. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Well-shaped; handsome. "The girl was a tight, clever wench as any was." --Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster]
- 5. Good-natured; obliging. [U. S.]
- Syn: See Smart. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'clever'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- able,
- acute,
- adept,
- adroit,
- agile,
- alert,
- all-around,
- amusing,
- apt,
- arch,
- artful,
- artistic,
- astute,
- Attic,
- authoritative,
- biting,
- brainy,
- bravura,
- bright,
- brilliant,
- cagey,
- canny,
- capable,
- clean,
- competent,
- coordinated,
- coruscating,
- crack,
- crackerjack,
- crafty,
- creative,
- cunning,
- cute,
- daedal,
- Daedalian,
- dazzling,
- deceitful,
- deep,
- deep-laid,
- deft,
- designing,
- dexterous,
- dextrous,
- diplomatic,
- discerning,
- docile,
- droll,
- educable,
- entertaining,
- excellent,
- expert,
- facetious,
- facile,
- fanciful,
- fancy,
- feline,
- formable,
- foxy,
- funny,
- gifted,
- good,
- goodish,
- graceful,
- guileful,
- handy,
- humorous,
- humorsome,
- imaginative,
- impressionable,
- ingenious,
- insidious,
- instructable,
- intelligent,
- inventive,
- jesting,
- jocose,
- jocular,
- joking,
- joky,
- joshing,
- keen,
- keen-witted,
- knowing,
- laughable,
- Machiavellian,
- Machiavellic,
- magisterial,
- malleable,
- many-sided,
- masterful,
- masterly,
- moldable,
- mordant,
- motivated,
- neat,
- neat-handed,
- nimble,
- nimble-witted,
- no dumbbell,
- no mean,
- not born yesterday,
- original,
- pawky,
- perceptive,
- piquant,
- plastic,
- pleasing,
- pliable,
- pointed,
- politic,
- pretty,
- professional,
- proficient,
- prompt,
- pungent,
- qualified,
- quick,
- quick-thinking,
- quick-witted,
- quite some,
- racy,
- rapier-like,
- ready,
- receptive,
- resourceful,
- ripe for instruction,
- risible,
- sagacious,
- sage,
- salt,
- salty,
- scheming,
- schoolable,
- scintillating,
- serpentine,
- sharp,
- sharp-witted,
- shifty,
- shrewd,
- skilled,
- skillful,
- slick,
- slim,
- slippery,
- sly,
- smart,
- smooth,
- snaky,
- sneaky,
- some,
- sophistical,
- sparkling,
- sprightly,
- statesmanlike,
- stealthy,
- steel-trap,
- strategic,
- stylish,
- subtile,
- subtle,
- supple,
- susceptible,
- tactful,
- tactical,
- talented,
- teachable,
- the compleat,
- the complete,
- thirsty for knowledge,
- trainable,
- trickish,
- tricksy,
- tricky,
- versatile,
- virtuoso,
- vulpine,
- wary,
- well-considered,
- well-contrived,
- well-designed,
- well-done,
- well-invented,
- well-laid,
- well-planned,
- well-reasoned,
- well-thought-out,
- well-weighed,
- whimsical,
- wicked,
- willing,
- wily,
- wise,
- witty,
- workmanlike
Clever, MO -- U.S. city in Missouri
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Clever, MO -- U.S. city in Missouri
Population (2000) :
1010
Housing Units (2000) :
420
Land area (2000) :
0.638569 sq. miles (1.653887 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
0.638569 sq. miles (1.653887 sq. km)
FIPS code :
14788
Located within :
Missouri (MO), FIPS 29
Location :
37.028804 N, 93.470067 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
65631
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.