Synonyms for gifted
- adjective
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Adjective
talented, ingenious, intelligent, able, smart, capable, clever, brainy, keen, bright, sagacious formal, sharp-witted, quick-witted
Definitions
- adj. 1
Endowed with special, in particular intellectual, abilities.
a school for gifted children
Choose the right word
The discriminating use of such words as able, gifted, talented, etc., is greatly preferable to an excessive use of the word clever.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- capable He is capable of teaching both English and French.
- talented He is the only one of my friends that is talented.
- intelligent Tom is so intelligent that he stands out in class.
- ingenious The ingenious boy won a prize for his invention.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| gifted | steady | |
| capable | steady | |
| talented | rising | |
| intelligent | steady | |
| ingenious | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- able2, keen1
- 5 letters
- smart1
- 6 letters
- bright1, clever2, brainy2
- 7 letters
- capable3
- 8 letters
- talented3
- 9 letters
- ingenious3, sagacious
- 11 letters
- intelligent4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (able2 = 2 syllables).