Definitions of clever:
- adjective: showing inventiveness and skill
Example: "A clever gadget"
- adjective: mentally quick and resourceful
Example: "You are a clever man...you reason well and your wit is bold-Bram Stoker"
- adjective: skillful (or showing skill) in adapting means to ends
Example: "Came up with a clever story"
- adjective: showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others
Example: "Too clever to be sound"
- name: A surname (rare: 1 in 100000 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #11575)