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Intellectual

noun
/ˌɪntəˈlɛk(t)ʃʊəl/
Word Frequency: 38.4

Definitions

1.nounAn intelligent, learned person, especially one who discourses about learned matters.
2.nounThe intellect or understanding; mental powers or faculties.
3.adjectiveBelonging to, or performed by, the intellect; mental or cognitive.
"intellectual powers, activities, etc."
4.adjectiveEndowed with intellect; having the power of understanding; having capacity for the higher forms of knowledge or thought; characterized by intelligence or mental capacity
"an intellectual person"
5.adjectiveSuitable for exercising the intellect; formed by, and existing for, the intellect alone; perceived by the intellect
"intellectual employments"
6.adjectiveRelating to the understanding; treating of the mind.
"intellectual philosophy, sometimes called "mental" philosophy"
7.adjectiveSpiritual.

Synonyms

highbrowintellectmentalrationalhighbrowedsophisticatedgoodseriousreflectivecerebralmentallywisdom

Antonyms

nonintellectual

Rhymes With

ineffectual
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