highbrow
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noun \-ˌbrau̇\Definition of HIGHBROW
: a person who possesses or has pretensions to superior learning or culture
— highbrow adjective
— high·browed \-ˌbrau̇d\ adjective
— high·brow·ism \-ˌbrau̇-ˌi-zəm\ noun
See Examples of HIGHBROW
- <guests at her elegant dinner parties are a mix of the city's highbrows and captains of industry>
First Known Use of HIGHBROW
circa 1903
Related to HIGHBROW
- Synonyms
- double-dome, egghead, geek, intellectual, intellectualist, longhair, nerd
- Antonyms
- anti-intellectual, lowbrow, philistine
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