nimble
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nimblest\ ˈnim-b(ə-)ləst
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Synonyms
alert, brainy, bright, brilliant, clever, exceptional, fast, hyperintelligent, intelligent, keen, quick, quick-witted, sharp, sharp-witted, smart, supersmart, ultrasmart
Antonyms
airheaded, birdbrained, boneheaded, brain-dead, brainless, bubbleheaded, chuckleheaded, dense, dim, dim-witted, doltish, dopey (also dopy), dorky [slang], dull, dumb, dunderheaded, empty-headed, fatuous, gormless [chiefly British], half-witted, knuckleheaded, lamebrain (or lamebrained), lunkheaded, mindless, obtuse, opaque, pinheaded, senseless, simple, slow, slow-witted, soft, softheaded, stupid, thick, thickheaded, thick-witted, unbrilliant, unintelligent, unsmart, vacuous, weak-minded, witless
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The closure of Finn, JPMorgan’s mobile brand for millennials, reported on June 6th, looks like further evidence that banks are not nimble enough for the digital age. — The Economist, "Digital technology will strengthen America’s biggest retail banks," 15 June 2019 Public radio has been challenged as stars like Garrison Keillor and Diane Rehm make their exits and local stations that networks rely on for funding face competition from nimbler podcast companies. — Anne Steele, WSJ, "Public Radio Networks to Merge in Big Bet on Podcasts," 15 Aug. 2018 Dye is a more nimble and agile runner and also has greater top end speed. — oregonlive.com, "Oregon Ducks fall camp position breakdown: Running backs," 26 July 2019 All of those changes make the spacecraft more nimble to serve any deep space mission regardless of the destination, instead of only being constructed to perform a mission to the moon. — Chabeli Herrera, orlandosentinel.com, "On Apollo, using the bathroom was ‘messy.’ America’s next moonshot will be radically different," 21 July 2019 Dories have evolved in design to be nimble and quick to swing around rocks and over rapids, but the boats tend to go through waves rather than over them like a raft would, making for exciting—and wet—adventures. — Joe Yogerst, National Geographic, "Everything to know about Grand Canyon National Park," 15 Mar. 2019 Consequently the pace of change is accelerating, giving rise to new stresses, and our nimble species will use movement as part of its response to these stresses, as our great-grandmothers and great-grandfathers did, as we are designed to do. — National Geographic, "In the 21st century, we are all migrants," 17 July 2019 Even when the plot bobs for story apples too long, director Kenny Ortega's nimble narrative choreography propels it along. — Duane Byrge, The Hollywood Reporter, "'Hocus Pocus': THR's 1993 Review," 16 July 2019 The new Evija is a big departure for Lotus, a brand usually known for making small, nimble sports cars at relatively affordable prices. — Peter Valdes-dapena, CNN, "Lotus unveils a super powerful electric supercar for $2 million," 16 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'nimble.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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nimble
adjective