2. INTELECTUAL ABILITY
• ABILITY: intelligent, bright, clever, smart,
shrewd, able, gifted, talented, brainy.
• LACKING ABILITY: stupid, foolish, silly,
Half-witted, simple, brainless, daft, dumb, dim.
- clever: is used in a negative way as well, meaning using
brains to trick or deceive such as cunning, crafty or sly.