Synonyms of intellection

intellection

noun

ˌin-tə-ˈlek-shən 

1

as in thought

something imagined or pictured in the mind

notebooks filled with his intellections on an amazing array of topics

Synonyms & Similar Words

• thought
• conception
• idea
• concept
• notion
• impression
• cogitation
• abstraction
• image
• picture
• perception
• observation
• cognition
• reflection
• apprehension
• theory
• hunch
• presentiment
• belief
• premonition
• preconception
• prepossession
• mind's eye
• assumption
• prejudice
• phantasm
• illusion
• delusion
• hallucination
• conviction
• caprice
• vagary
• whim
• chimera
• speculation
• conceit
• hypothesis
• conjecture
• guess
• surmise
• supposition
• fancy
• conclusion
• brainstorm
• kink
• freak
• inspiration
• brainchild
• brain wave

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• fact
• reality
• actuality

2

as in reasoning

the thought processes that have been established as leading to valid solutions to problems

ever since Descartes famously declared, "I think, therefore I am," people have tended to regard acts of conscious intellection as proof of their own existence

Synonyms & Similar Words

• reasoning
• logic
• reason
• ratiocination
• sense
• argumentation
• logicality
• rationality
• logicalness
• coherence
• persuasiveness
• analysis
• cogency
• synthesis
• deduction
• syllogism
• dissection
• disputation
• convincingness
• induction
• rationalness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• incoherence
• illogic
• irrationality
• absurdity
• insanity
• preposterousness
• senselessness
• brainlessness
• nonsensicalness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of intellection

Texture, depth and grainy intellection are absent. — Literary Hub, 19 Mar. 2026

Despite appearances to the contrary—the swirling sentences, the feverish intellection—there is nothing hermetic about Krasznahorkai’s work, both old and new, which squarely faces contemporary European reality and its perils, including the tortured dynamics of settlement, movement, and identity. — James Wood, New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2025

Tennant always brought his own intellection to Disco’s throbbing hedonism yet was hedonistic nonetheless, perfecting a musical idiom that his forerunner Noel Coward was too early to enjoy. — Armond White, National Review, 10 May 2024

The school board’s legal counsel thought the book could be in conflict with a recent state intellection freedom rule, and recommended it be removed from circulation, according to a spokeswoman. — Tcrain, al, 26 Jan. 2023

There is pleasant cohesion to his body of work, with its blend of bookish intellection and breezy verbal humor. — The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2021

This is a big spread, in other words, an ambitious platter of intellection and emotion. — Dwight Garner, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2016