intellectual
/ˌɪntəˈlɛkt͡ʃʊəl/noun, adjective5 syllables
Intellectual means: appealing to or using the intellect.
Synonyms for intellectual15
noun, as in a person who uses the mind creatively
adjective, as in appealing to or using the intellect
highbrow, highbrowed, rational, reflective, good, serious, sophisticated, educated, mental, scholarly
adjective, as in involving intelligence rather than emotions or instinct
Opposites of intellectual
nonintellectual
What does intellectual mean?4
adjective
1
appealing to or using the intellect“satire is an intellectual weapon”
2
of or associated with or requiring the use of the mind“intellectual problems”
3
involving intelligence rather than emotions or instinct“a cerebral approach to the problem”
noun
1
a person who uses the mind creatively
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Intellectual in a sentence
- Besides being beautiful, she is kind and intellectual.unknown
- In the scientific world, there is a lot of intellectual hypocrisy.joshodude_1308
- Chrissy's law firm specializes in intellectual property protection for multinational conglomerates.bekindtoall
- A patent attorney is a type of lawyer specializing in intellectual property.CM
- The exclusion of mathematics from the field of culture is like intellectual castration.violinmike
- An intellectual is a person who has discovered something more interesting than sex.Scott
- There was to be no intellectual light from this source.books
- It's just too bad he makes such a misuse of his exceptionnal intellectual abilities.LoverofEnglish
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Forms of intellectual
as a noun
- plural
- intellectuals