Cleverness
Cleverness noun - Subtle or imaginative ability in inventing, devising, or executing something.
Usage example: the undeniable cleverness of the negotiator, who managed to get each side to believe that they had won
Knowledge and cleverness are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Knowledge" instead a noun "Cleverness".
Knowledge
Knowledge noun - A body of facts learned by study or experience.
Cleverness and knowledge are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cleverness" instead a noun "Knowledge".
Nearby Word: knowledgeable
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- understanding and cleverness
- understanding and knowledge
- sense and cleverness
- sense and knowledge
- ability and cleverness
- ability and knowledge
- skill and cleverness
- skill and knowledge
- perception and cleverness
- perception and knowledge
- adroitness and cleverness
- adroitness and knowledge
- discernment and cleverness
- discernment and knowledge
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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Much of his apparent invincibility comes from his flexibility, knowledge, and cleverness.
Source: When All You Have Is a Hammer -
Badass Bureaucrat: Early in the book, Moses is called "the best bill drafter in Albany." Caro repeatedly calls back to that description as Moses cuts through the rest of the bureaucracy over and over, using cleverness, aggressive tactics, and intricate knowledge of the law.
Source: Literature / The Power Broker
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