What does intellectual mean in English? Meaning of intellectual definition and abbreviation with examples.
Meaning of "intellectual": a person who uses the mind creatively
Noun
Meaning: a person who uses the mind creativelySynonyms: intellect
intellectualHyponyms: alchemist
anomalist
aphorist
bel esprit
bookman
brain
brainiac
clever clogs
clever dick
creative thinker
decipherer
decoder
doubter
egghead
einstein
exponent
expositor
expounder
genius
highbrow
idealogue
illusionist
mastermind
mentor
mind
sceptic
scholar
scholarly person
seer
skeptic
specifier
student
subjectivist
synthesiser
synthesist
synthesizer
theoretician
theoriser
theorist
theorizer
thinker
visionary
wise man
wondererHypernyms: individual
mortal
person
somebody
someone
soulMeaning of "intellectual": of or associated with or requiring the use of the mind
Adjective
Meaning: of or associated with or requiring the use of the mindExample: intellectual problems
the triumph of the rational over the animal side of manSynonyms: intellectual
noetic
rationalSimilar: mentalMeaning of "intellectual": appealing to or using the intellect
Adjective
Meaning: appealing to or using the intellectExample: satire is an intellectual weapon
intellectual workers engaged in creative literary or artistic or scientific labor
has tremendous intellectual sympathy for oppressed people
coldly intellectual
sort of the intellectual type
intellectual literatureSynonyms: intellectualAntonyms: nonintellectualSimilar: good
highbrow
highbrowed
rational
reflective
serious
sophisticatedAlso see: educated
mental
scholarlyMeaning of "intellectual": involving intelligence rather than emotions or instinct
Adjective
Meaning: involving intelligence rather than emotions or instinctExample: a cerebral approach to the problem
cerebral dramaSynonyms: cerebral
intellectualAntonyms: emotionalAdjective: Belonging to, or performed by, the intellect; mental or cognitive; 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.(archaic, poetic) Spiritual. 1805, William Wordsworth, The Prelude, Book II, lines 331-334 (eds. Jonathan Wordsworth, M. H. Abrams, & Stephen Gill, published by W. W. Norton & Company, 1979): I deem not profitless those fleeting moods / Of shadowy exultation; not for this, / That they are kindred to our purer mind / And intellectual life ...1805, William Wordsworth, The Prelude, Book II, lines 331-334 (eds. Jonathan Wordsworth, M. H. Abrams, & Stephen Gill, published by W. W. Norton & Company, 1979): I deem not profitless those fleeting moods / Of shadowy exultation; not for this, / That they are kindred to our purer mind / And intellectual life ...Synonyms:
mental, cerebral, scholarly, creative, psychological, thoughtful, rational, highbrow, bookish, brainy, intelligent, inventive, learned, studious, subjective, highbrowed, intellective, phrenic, scholar, pundit, doctor, philosopher, academic, brain, wizard, sage, egghead, genius, avant-garde, whiz, highbrow, academician, thinker, intelligentsia, Einstein, braintruster,
Antonyms:
foolish, ignorant, stupid, body, physical, simple, imbecile, ignoramus,
