intelligence: meaning and words from its letters
12 letters · 15 letter points · starts with I · ends with E
Meaning of intelligence
noun
- uncountable
The capacity of mind, especially to understand principles, truths, facts or meanings, acquire knowledge, and apply it to practice; the ability to comprehend and learn; the ability to process sentient experience to generate true beliefs with a justified degree of confidence.
- countable, uncountable
The capacity of mind, especially to understand principles, truths, facts or meanings, acquire knowledge, and apply it to practice; the ability to comprehend and learn; the ability to process sentient experience to generate true beliefs with a justified degree of confidence. An individual's expected relative performance in a cognitive test.
Example: intelligence quotient
- uncountable
The capacity of mind, especially to understand principles, truths, facts or meanings, acquire knowledge, and apply it to practice; the ability to comprehend and learn; the ability to process sentient experience to generate true beliefs with a justified degree of confidence. The quality of making use or having made use of such capacities: depth of understanding, mental quickness.
- countable
An entity that has such capacities.
Listed forms: intelligences.
Source: Wiktionary — intelligence.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for intelligence.
noun
a unit responsible for gathering and interpreting information about an enemy
- intelligence service
- intelligence agency
noun
secret information about an enemy (or potential enemy)
- intelligence information
noun
information about recent and important events
noun
the operation of gathering information about an enemy
- intelligence activity
- intelligence operation
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is intelligence in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
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| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of intelligence
I(1) + N(1) + T(1) + E(1) + L(1) + L(1) + I(1) + G(2) + E(1) + N(1) + C(3) + E(1) = 15 points.
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Anagrams of intelligence
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from intelligence
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