What is "highbrow" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does highbrow mean in English? Meaning of highbrow definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "highbrow" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "highbrow": a person of intellectual or erudite tastes

Noun

  • Meaning: a person of intellectual or erudite tastes
  • Synonyms: highbrow
  • Hypernyms: intellect intellectual
  • Meaning of "highbrow": highly cultured or educated

    Adjective

  • Meaning: highly cultured or educated
  • Example: highbrow events such as the ballet or opera a highbrowed literary critic
  • Synonyms: highbrow highbrowed
  • Similar: intellectual
  • Adjective: (US, colloquial) Intellectually stimulating, highly cultured.
  • Synonyms:

    cerebral, scholarly, wise, bookish, brainy, cultured, erudite, intelligent, learned, studious, cultivated, intellective, scholar, brain, sage, egghead, savant, genius, academic, whiz, philosopher, bluestocking, intelligentsia, academician, thinker, Einstein, illuminato, literato, longhair,

    Antonyms:

    imbecile, ignoramus,

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    highbrow in English: highbrow
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