Definition

1. Adjective:

   • Intelligent, clever: Having a good mental capacity, able to understand, learn, and apply knowledge quickly and effectively.
   • Bright, sharp: Showing quickness of mind, being perceptive and adept at solving problems.

2. Adjective (extended usage):

   • Smart, ingenious: Demonstrating quick-wittedness and cleverness in response or action, often in a practical or resourceful way.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Đứa trẻ đó rất thông minh. (That child is very intelligent.)
  • Cô ấy đưa ra một giải pháp thông minh. (She proposed a clever solution.)
  • Anh ấy có vẻ ngoài thông minh, lanh lợi. (He has a bright, sharp appearance.)

Advanced Usage

• "thông minh sắc sảo": astute, shrewdly intelligent.

  • Nhà phân tích thông minh sắc sảo đó đã dự đoán đúng xu hướng. (That astute analyst correctly predicted the trend.)

• Used in compound terms to describe specialized intelligence:

  • trí thông minh nhân tạo: artificial intelligence.
  • trí thông minh cảm xúc: emotional intelligence.

Variants and Related Words

• Thông minh can function as an adjective only. The related noun is trí thông minh (n): intelligence.
  • Bài kiểm tra đo lường trí thông minh. (The test measures intelligence.)

Synonyms

• Intelligent: Having or showing good mental capacity.
• Clever: Quick to understand, learn, and devise ideas.
• Bright: Intelligent and quick-witted.
• Sharp: Having or showing a quick ability to notice and understand things.
• Smart: Having or showing a quick-witted intelligence.

Antonyms

• Ngu ngốc (adj): stupid, foolish.
• Đần độn (adj): dull, slow-witted.
• Chậm hiểu (adj): slow to understand.

Related Idioms and Common Phrases

• Khôn ngoan và thông minh: Wise and intelligent (often used together to describe both wisdom and intellect).

  • Một nhà lãnh đạo cần cả khôn ngoan lẫn thông minh. (A leader needs both wisdom and intelligence.)

• Thông minh vốn sẵn tính trời: A phrase suggesting intelligence is an innate, natural gift.

  • Cậu bé ấy học toán dễ dàng, đúng là thông minh vốn sẵn tính trời. (That boy learns math easily; his intelligence is truly a natural gift.)

adj

1. intelligent, clever