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| 1. | [ adjective ] of or relating to the intellect | |
| Examples: | "his intellectual career" |
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| Related terms: | mind | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] of or associated with or requiring the use of the mind | |
| Synonyms: | rational noetic | |
| Examples: | "intellectual problems" "the triumph of the rational over the animal side of man" |
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| Related terms: | mental | |
| 3. | [ noun ] a person who uses the mind creatively | |
| Synonyms: | intellect | |
| 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 | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] of or associated with or requiring the use of the mind | |
| Synonyms: | rational | |
| Examples: | "intellectual problems" "the triumph of the rational over the animal side of man" |
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| Related terms: | mental | |
| 5. | [ adjective ] appealing to or using the intellect | |
| Examples: | "satire is an intellectual weapon" "has tremendous intellectual sympathy for oppressed people" "coldly intellectual" "sort of the intellectual type" "intellectual literature" |
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| Related terms: | nonintellectual good reflective highbrow sophisticated rational mental educated scholarly mind | |
| 6. | [ adjective ] involving intelligence rather than emotions or instinct | |
| Synonyms: | cerebral | |
| Examples: | "a cerebral approach to the problem" "cerebral drama" |
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| Related terms: | emotional | |
| Similar spelling: |
intellectually intellect intellection intelligible Indelicato indelicate intelligent |
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