smart has definitions from the field of medicine
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[ adjective ] showing mental alertness and calculation and resourcefulness

Used in print

(W. H. Gass, "The Pedersen Kid," in The...)

Oh he was smart .

2
[ adjective ] elegant and stylish

Synonyms

chic voguish

Examples

"chic elegance" "a smart new dress" "a suit of voguish cut"

Used in print

(Christopher Davis, First Family....)

Rachel wore a smart hat and , because she had been warned recently about smoking , puffed at her cigarettes through a long ivory holder stained with lipstick .

Related terms

stylish

3
[ adjective ] characterized by quickness and ease in learning

Synonyms

bright

Examples

"some children are brighter in one subject than another" "smart children talk earlier than the average"

Related terms

intelligent

4
[ adjective ] improperly forward or bold

Examples

"don't be fresh with me" "impertinent of a child to lecture a grownup" "an impudent boy given to insulting strangers"

Related terms

forward

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[ adjective ] improperly forward or bold

Examples

"don't be fresh with me" "impertinent of a child to lecture a grownup" "an impudent boy given to insulting strangers"

Used in print

(W. H. Gass, "The Pedersen Kid," in The...)

`` Do n't be smart .

`` Do n't be smart .

Related terms

forward

6
[ verb ] be the source of pain

Synonyms

hurt ache

Used in print

(National Review, xi: 26...)

That , I smarted , is a royal rebuff if ever there was one .

7
[ adjective ] of or associated with people of fashion

Examples

"the smart set"

Used in print

(Dell Shannon, The Ace of Spades....)

Prettier , she 'd do her hair another way ; smarter , and wear different kinds of clothes - she 'd be Katharine_Ross , just what that sounded like .

Related terms

fashionable

8
[ adjective ] marked by smartness in dress and manners

Examples

"a dapper young man" "a jaunty red hat"

Related terms

fashionable

9
[ adjective ] marked by smartness in dress and manners

Examples

"a dapper young man" "a jaunty red hat"

Related terms

fashionable

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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 1049
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[ noun ] (medicine) a kind of pain such as that caused by a wound or a burn or a sore

Synonyms

smarting

Related terms

pain ache

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