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Smart may refer to:

• Possessing intelligence
• Of neat physical appearance
• Sharp pain

Wiktionary

1. Causing sharp pain; stinging.
2. Sharp; keen; poignant.
3. Exhibiting social ability or cleverness.
   • 1811, Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility, chapter 19

     I always preferred the church, and I still do. But that was not smart enough for my family. They recommended the army. That was a great deal too smart for me.

4. Exhibiting intellectual knowledge, such as that found in books.
5. Equipped with intelligent behaviour.

   smart bomb

   smart car

   smart card

6. Good-looking.

   a smart outfit

7. Cleverly and/or sarcastically humorous in a way that may be rude and disrespectful. Cf: (verb) to smart off; (noun) smarty pants, wise guy, wiseacre, wise-ass; (adjective) cute.

   He became tired of his daughter's sarcasm and smart remarks.

8. Sudden and intense.
   • 1860 July 9, Henry David Thoreau, journal entry, from Thoreau's bird-lore, Francis H. Allen (editor), Houghton Mifflin (Boston, 1910), Thoreau on Birds: notes on New England birds from the Journals of Henry David Thoreau, Beacon Press, (Boston, 1993), page 239:

     There is a smart shower at 5 P.M., and in the midst of it a hummingbird is busy about the flowers in the garden, unmindful of it, though you would think that each big drop that struck him would be a serious accident.

9. Intense in feeling; painful. Used usually with the adverb intensifier right.

   He raised his voice, and it hurt her feelings right smart.

   That cast on his leg chaffs him right smart.

Synonyms

• bright, capable, sophisticated, witty
• cultivated, educated, learned
• attractive, chic, stylish, handsome
• silly

Antonyms

• backward, banal, boorish, dull, inept
• ignorant, uncultivated, simple
• garish, outré, tacky