English Explanatory Dictionary

intellect

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The faculty of thinking, judging, abstract reasoning, and conceptual understanding; the cognitive faculty.
  2. The capacity of that faculty (in a particular person).
  3. A person who has that faculty to a great degree.

Pronunciation

/ˈɪntəlɛkt/ /ˈɪntəˌlɛkt/ en-us-intellect.ogg /ˈɪntəlekt/

Word forms

intellect intellects

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin intellēctus (“understanding, intellect”), from Latin intellegō (“understand; reason”), from inter (“between, among”) + legō (“read”), with connotation of bind.

Synonyms

brain brains cleverness head brightness esprit intellect intelligence mind nous psyche reason smartness smarts wit judgment intellectual

Related words

intellectual intellectualism intellectualize intelligence intelligent intelligentsia intelligible mind

Derived words

artilect intellected superintellect
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