smarter
- 1Comparative of smart.
After the course, she felt much smarter about handling her money.
This year's recruits seemed smarter and quicker than last year's group.
Note
The comparative takes the -er suffix, as short adjectives usually do, rather than more. It carries every meaning of smart, not only the clever one: a smarter jacket is better dressed, a smarter remark may be cheekier and ruder, and a smarter blow lands more suddenly and intensely. Context decides which comparison is meant, so "she looked smarter" is about appearance, not intelligence.
smarter is a form of smart
smart, adjective: Intelligent; quick to learn, understand and deal with things, whether from study or from experience with people. Full entry
- Spelling
- smart → smarter: add -er
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