intelectual — meaning in English
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English meaning
- highbrow adj Appealing to sophisticated or intellectual tastes.
- intellect noun The mental capacity for reasoning, understanding, and abstract thought.
- intellectual adj Relating to the ability to think and reason, rather than to emotions or physical skill.
- thinker noun Someone known for serious, deep thought, especially a philosopher or intellectual.
- wit noun The ability to say clever, funny things quickly.
Senses
intelectual is used for these senses in English:
- intellect A person who has that faculty to a great degree.
- intellectual An intelligent, learned person, especially one who discourses about learned matters.
- thinker An intellectual, such as a philosopher or theologian.
- wit Intellectual ability; faculty of thinking, reasoning.
highbrow — full definition
- adj Appealing to sophisticated or intellectual tastes.
- noun A person with refined, intellectual tastes.