intellectual

Speech parts

1. intellectual - Noun

2. intellectual - Adjective

3. intellectual - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Belonging to, or performed by, the intellect; mental; as, intellectual powers, activities, etc.

Endowed with intellect; having the power of understanding; having capacity for the higher forms of knowledge or thought; characterized by intelligence or mental capacity; as, an intellectual person.

Suitable for exercising the intellect; formed by, and existing for, the intellect alone; perceived by the intellect; as, intellectual employments.

Relating to the understanding; treating of the mind; as, intellectual philosophy, sometimes called "mental" philosophy.

The intellect or understanding; mental powers or faculties.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

rational cerebral learned literary academic mental theoretical abstract scholar cultured intellect thoughtful erudite thinker bookish
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Antonyms

nonintellectual dura poon corporal sap nimrod
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Hypernyms

individual person soul mortal somebody someone

Hyponyms

einstein bookman alchemist brainiac historian scientist

Phrases with the word

intellectual masturbation intellectual capabilities intellectual work intellectual functioning intellectual naturalist intellectual activity

Examples

a cerebral approach to the problem Source: Internet

cerebral drama Source: Internet

satire is an intellectual weapon Source: Internet

intellectual workers engaged in creative literary or artistic or scientific labor Source: Internet

has tremendous intellectual sympathy for oppressed people Source: Internet

coldly intellectual Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

intellection intellective intellectively intellectual abilities intellectual ability intellectual achievement