Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun cleverness

3 senses of cleverness

Sense 1
inventiveness, ingeniousness, ingenuity, cleverness -- (the power of creative imagination)
       => creativity, creativeness, creative thinking -- (the ability to create)

Sense 2
brightness, cleverness, smartness -- (intelligence as manifested in being quick and witty)
       => intelligence -- (the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience)

Sense 3
ingenuity, ingeniousness, cleverness -- (the property of being ingenious; "a plot of great ingenuity"; "the cleverness of its design")
       => superiority, high quality -- (the quality of being superior)