- intelligence - the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience
--1 is a kind of ability, power
Antonyms: stupidity
--1 has particulars: - intelligence, intelligence service, intelligence agency - a unit responsible for gathering and interpreting information about an enemy
--2 is a kind of administrative unit, administrative body
--2 has particulars:military intelligence; United States intelligence agency; Intelligence Community, National Intelligence Community, United States Intelligence Community, IC; international intelligence agency - intelligence, intelligence information - secret information about an enemy (or potential enemy); "we sent out planes to gather intelligence on their radar coverage"
--3 is a kind of information, info
--3 has particulars: military intelligence - news, intelligence, tidings, word - new information about specific and timely events; "they awaited news of the outcome"
--4 is a kind of information, info
--4 has particulars: good word; update - intelligence, intelligence activity, intelligence operation - the operation of gathering information about an enemy
--5 is a kind of information gathering
--5 has particulars: