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intellectual

/ˌɪntəˈlɛk(t)ʃʊəl/

noun

Meaning

  • An intelligent, learned person, especially one who discourses about learned matters.

  • The intellect or understanding; mental powers or faculties.

Synonyms

highbrow

adjective

Meaning

  • Belonging to, or performed by, the intellect; mental or cognitive.

    "intellectual powers, activities, etc."

  • Endowed with intellect; having the power of understanding; having capacity for the higher forms of knowledge or thought; characterized by intelligence or mental capacity

    "an intellectual person"

  • Suitable for exercising the intellect; formed by, and existing for, the intellect alone; perceived by the intellect

    "intellectual employments"

  • Relating to the understanding; treating of the mind.

    "intellectual philosophy, sometimes called "mental" philosophy"

  • Spiritual.