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much given to learning and thinking
- finally, a TV series that appeals to a highbrow audience
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- middlebrow
- erudite,
- learned,
- literate,
- polyhistoric,
- polymath
- (or polymathic),
- scholarly,
- well-read
- academic
- (also academical),
- bookish,
- professorial
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highbrow
nounSynonyms & Antonyms of highbrow (Entry 2 of 2)
a person with strong intellectual interests
- guests at her elegant dinner parties are a mix of the city's highbrows and captains of industry
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“Highbrow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/highbrow. Accessed 5 Mar. 2021.
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The first known use of highbrow was in 1898
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