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To help you avoid using the same word too repetitively, redundantly, recurrently, incessantly, etc., etc.

Why synonyms can be useful

Your writing can sound boring if you continually keep repeating the same words. When you create sentences, you can make them more interesting by using words that mean the same as the word you are speaking about. This allows you to add flavor to your writing.

In order to make language a lot more expressive and interesting you should try to vary the words you use as often as you can.

Synonyms for (noun) smart

Synonyms: smart, smarting, smartness Definition: a kind of pain such as that caused by a wound or a burn or a sore

Hypernyms: pain, hurting Definition: a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder Usage: the patient developed severe pain and distension

Synonyms for (verb) smart

Synonyms: hurt, ache, smart Definition: be the source of pain

Hypernyms: cause to be perceived Definition: have perceptible qualities

Synonyms for (adjective) smart

Synonyms: smart Definition: capable of independent and apparently intelligent action Usage: smart weapons

Hypernyms: automatic Definition: operating with minimal human intervention; independent of external control Usage: automatic transmission; a budget deficit that caused automatic spending cuts

Synonyms: overbold, smart, sassy, saucy, wise, impertinent, impudent, fresh Definition: improperly forward or bold Usage: don't be fresh with me; impertinent of a child to lecture a grownup; an impudent boy given to insulting strangers; Don't get wise with me!

Hypernyms: forward Definition: used of temperament or behavior; lacking restraint or modesty Usage: a forward child badly in need of discipline

Synonyms: smart Definition: showing mental alertness and calculation and resourcefulness

Hypernyms: sharp, shrewd, astute Definition: marked by practical hardheaded intelligence Usage: a smart businessman; an astute tenant always reads the small print in a lease; he was too shrewd to go along with them on a road that could lead only to their overthrow

Hypernyms: clever, cagey, cagy, canny Definition: showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others Usage: a cagey lawyer; too clever to be sound

Hypernyms: with-it, street smart, streetwise Definition: having the shrewd resourcefulness needed to survive in an urban environment

Synonyms: chic, smart, voguish Definition: elegant and stylish Usage: chic elegance; a smart new dress; a suit of voguish cut

Hypernyms: fashionable, stylish Definition: having elegance or taste or refinement in manners or dress Usage: a little less posh but every bit as stylish as Lord Peter Wimsey; the stylish resort of Gstadd

Synonyms: smart Definition: quick and brisk Usage: I gave him a smart salute; we walked at a smart pace

Hypernyms: fast Definition: acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly Usage: fast film; on the fast track in school; set a fast pace; a fast car

Synonyms: bright, smart Definition: characterized by quickness and ease in learning Usage: some children are brighter in one subject than another; smart children talk earlier than the average

Hypernyms: intelligent Definition: having the capacity for thought and reason especially to a high degree Usage: is there intelligent life in the universe?; an intelligent question

Synonyms: smart Definition: painfully severe Usage: he gave the dog a smart blow

Hypernyms: intense Definition: possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree Usage: intense heat; intense anxiety; intense desire; intense emotion; the skunk's intense acrid odor; intense pain; enemy fire was intense