intelligence

The ability to learn, understand and think in a logical way about things.

Word Structure

in-TEL-uh-juhns

Sentence Examples

The government uses intelligence services.

A person of high intelligence.

The Central Intelligence Agency.

Semantic Relatives

knowledge

smart

understand

Morphological Relatives

intelligent

belligerence

intellect

Vocabulary Term

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