intellectual
1. [ adjective ] of or relating to the intellect
Examples:

"his intellectual career"

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"

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"

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"

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"

Related terms: emotional
Similar spelling:   intellectually
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