Synonyms for apt
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1. apt

   Clever, as used in England, especially implies an aptitude for study or learning, and for excellent tho not preeminent mental achievement. The early New England usage as implying simple and weak good nature has largely affected the use of the word throughout the United States, where it has never been much in favor. Smart, indicating dashing ability, is now coming to have a suggestion of unscrupulousness, similar to that of the word sharp, which makes its use a doubtful compliment. The discriminating use of such words as able, gifted, talented, etc., is greatly preferable to an excessive use of the word clever. Compare ACUMEN; ASTUTE; POWER.

   Synonyms:
   able, adroit, bright, capable, clever, dexterous, expert, gifted, happy, ingenious, intellectual, intelligent, keen, knowing, quick, quick-witted, sharp, skilful, smart, talented

   Antonyms:
   awkward, bungling, clumsy, dull, foolish, idiotic, ignorant, senseless, slow, stupid, thick-headed, witless

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1. apt

   Synonyms:
   fit, apposite, clever, meet, liable, becoming, appropriate, ready, fitting, suitable, pertinent, qualified, prompt, adapted, likely

   Antonyms:
   unfitted, ill-timed, awkward, unlikely, inapt

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1. apt(p), disposed(p), given(p), minded(p), tending(p)adjective

   (usually followed by `to') naturally disposed toward

   "he is apt to ignore matters he considers unimportant"; "I am not minded to answer any questions"

   Antonyms:
   disinclined, unintelligent, unlikely, stupid, malapropos

2. apt(p), liable(p)adjective

   at risk of or subject to experiencing something usually unpleasant

   "he is apt to lose"; "she is liable to forget"

   Antonyms:
   unlikely, malapropos, disinclined, stupid, unintelligent

3. apt, cleveradjective

   mentally quick and resourceful

   "an apt pupil"; "you are a clever man...you reason well and your wit is bold"-Bram Stoker

   Synonyms:
   disposed(p), minded(p), cagey, given(p), clever, ingenious, apt(p), cagy, cunning, tending(p), liable(p), canny, apposite, pertinent

   Antonyms:
   malapropos, unintelligent, unlikely, stupid, disinclined

4. apposite, apt, pertinentadjective

   being of striking appropriateness and pertinence

   "the successful copywriter is a master of apposite and evocative verbal images"; "an apt reply"

   Synonyms:
   disposed(p), minded(p), given(p), clever, apt(p), tending(p), liable(p), apposite, pertinent

   Antonyms:
   unintelligent, unlikely, disinclined, malapropos, stupid

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1. aptadjective

   Synonyms:
   apposite, pertinent, suitable, fit, fitting, meet, befitting, germane, applicable, appropriate, APROPOS, to the point, to the purpose

2. aptadjective

   Synonyms:
   inclined, liable, prone, disposed

3. aptadjective

   Synonyms:
   quick, sharp, ready, prompt, expert, dexterous, able, clever, happy, adroit, handy, skilful

4. aptadjective

   Synonyms:
   docile, teachable

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1. aptadjective

   Synonyms:
   fit, relevant, appropriate, germane, applicable, felicitous, pertinent, apropos, likely, liable, clever, intelligent, bright, deft

   Antonyms:
   inapt

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1. List of paraphrases for "apt":

   tpa, ptas, likely, app, inclined

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1. APT

   Synonyms:
   Anatomical Pathology Technician
   

2. APT

   Synonyms:
   AntiPlatelet Trialists

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1. Kamala Harris:

   Joe Biden took the, I believe, right and courageous step to say that Senate rules should not get in the way of protecting the American people's access to the ballot. And Joe Biden compared this time to a previous time in our history, which is apt for comparison.

2. Nathaniel Hawthorne:

   In youth men are apt to write more wisely than they really know or feel and the remainder of life may be not idly spent in realizing and convincing themselves of the wisdom which they uttered long ago.

3. Samuel Johnson:

   A man is very apt to complain of the ingratitude of those who have risen far above him.

4. Thomas Aquinas:

   Those who are more adapted to the active life can prepare themselves for contemplation in the practice of the active life, while those who are more adapted to the contemplative life can take upon themselves the works of the active life so as to become yet more apt for contemplation.

5. William Ewart Gladstone:

   Men are apt to mistake the strength of their feeling for the strength of their argument. The heated mind resents the chill touch and relentless scrutiny of logic.