Meaning & use
smarter
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Having greater intelligence, cleverness, or good judgment than another person or thing.
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She found a smarter way to solve the equation in half the time.
The new model of the device is smaller, faster, and smarter than the last.
A note on using this word
"Smarter" is the comparative form of "smart," and is often paired with "not harder" in the popular phrase "work smarter, not harder."
Words with a similar meaning
cleverershrewder
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