intellectual

²intellectual

noun

Definition of INTELLECTUAL

1

plural archaic : intellectual powers

2

: an intellectual person

Examples of INTELLECTUAL

1. He thinks that he's an intellectual, but he doesn't know what he's talking about.
2. She's a hard worker but she's no great intellectual.
3. a café where artists and intellectuals mingle

First Known Use of INTELLECTUAL

1615

Related to INTELLECTUAL

Synonyms: double-dome, egghead, geek, highbrow, intellectualist, longhair, nerd

Antonyms: anti-intellectual, lowbrow, philistine

Related Words: blue, bluestocking; Brahmin, mandarin, sage; intellectualizer, pseud [British]; brain, genius, intellect, thinker, whiz, wizard

Near Antonyms: blockhead, dolt, dope, dumbbell, dummy, dunce, fathead, half-wit, imbecile, moron, nitwit, pinhead, simpleton

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