intellect
1. [ noun ] (psychology) knowledge and intellectual ability
Synonyms: mind
Examples:

"he reads to improve his mind" "he has a keen intellect"

Related terms: intelligence intellectual nonintellectual
2. [ noun ] the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination
Synonyms: reason understanding
Examples:

"we are told that man is endowed with reason and capable of distinguishing good from evil"

Related terms: faculty reason
3. [ noun ] a person who uses the mind creatively
Synonyms: intellectual
Related terms: person philosopher scholar theologian scientist genius skeptic subjectivist mind egghead theorist visionary mentor organizer pedant classifier philosophiser synthesist specifier synthesiser wonderer reasoner speculator highbrow bel_esprit aphorist introvert bibliophile decipherer exponent clever_clogs philosophizer optimist thinker brainworker alchemist anomalist
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