English Explanatory Dictionary

intellectual

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Pertaining to, or performed by, the intellect; mental or cognitive.
  2. Endowed with intellect; having a keen sense of understanding; having the capacity for higher forms of knowledge or thought; characterized by intelligence or cleverness
  3. Suitable for exercising one's intellect; perceived by the intellect
  4. Relating to the understanding; treating of the mind.
  5. Spiritual.
noun
  1. An intelligent, learned person, especially one who discourses about learned matters.
  2. The intellect or understanding; mental powers or faculties.

Pronunciation

/ˌɪntəˈlɛkt͡ʃʊəl/ /ˌɪntəˈlɛkt͡ʃwəl/ /ˌɪntəˈlɛkt͡ʃəl/ en-us-intellectual.ogg

Word forms

intellectual more intellectual most intellectual intellectuall intellectuals

Etymology

From Old French intellectuel, from Latin intellectualis.

Synonyms

cerebral intellectual logical mental rational highbrow academic scholar

Antonyms

nonintellectual visceral

Related words

intellect intellectualize intelligence intelligent overintellectualize bodily brain faculty learned clerisy intelligentsia

Derived words

alpha-thalassemia-intellectual disability syndrome antiintellectual anti-intellectual blepharophimosis-ptosis-intellectual disability syndrome hyperintellectual intellectual capital intellectual dark web intellectual developmental disorder intellectual disability intellectual freedom intellectual honesty intellectualisation intellectualish intellectualism intellectualist intellectualistic intellectuality intellectualization intellectual journey intellectually intellectual masturbation intellectualness intellectualoid intellectual property intellectual prostitute intellectual rights neurointellectual organic intellectual overintellectual preintellectual pseudo-intellectual pseudointellectual subintellectual superintellectual ultraintellectual unintellectual public intellectual
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