adjective
- Having the capacity for thought and reason especially to a high degree.
- usage: "is there intelligent life in the universe"; "an intelligent question"
- Possessing sound knowledge.
- usage: "well-informed readers"
- synonyms: well-informed
- Exercising or showing good judgment.
- usage: "healthy scepticism"; "a healthy fear of rattlesnakes"; "the healthy attitude of French laws"; "healthy relations between labor and management"; "an intelligent solution"; "a sound approach to the problem"; "sound advice"; "no sound explanation for his decision"
- synonyms: healthy, levelheaded, level-headed, sound
- Endowed with the capacity to reason.
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