intelligence

The ability to learn, understand ideas, and solve problems.

• The game tests your intelligence.
• Dogs show intelligence in many different ways.
• Artificial intelligence can help doctors find signs of disease.

Similar words: brainpower, intellect

Opposites: stupidity

Common phrases: high intelligence, artificial intelligence, emotional intelligence

Information collected secretly, especially about enemies or possible threats to a country.

• The report contains useful intelligence.
• Spies collected intelligence about the planned attack.
• They shared intelligence with neighbouring countries.

How to use it: intelligence on/about something (The team gathered intelligence on enemy movements.)

Similar words: information, secret information

Common phrases: gather intelligence, military intelligence, intelligence report

A government or military organization that collects secret information about enemies and threats.

• She works in military intelligence.
• Intelligence sent two officers to question him.
• He joined intelligence after serving in the army.

Similar words: secret service, intelligence service

Common phrases: work in intelligence, military intelligence, intelligence officer

A being or system that can think, understand, and learn.

• They searched for an alien intelligence.
• Could a machine become a conscious intelligence?
• The story describes two intelligences communicating across space.

Similar words: intelligent being

Common phrases: alien intelligence, higher intelligence, nonhuman intelligence