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highbrow

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of highbrow

much given to learning and thinking

  • finally, a TV series that appeals to a highbrow audience
Synonyms of highbrow

blue, cerebral, eggheaded, geeky, highbrowed, intellectual, intellectualist, intellectualistic, long-haired (or longhair), nerdish, nerdy
Words Related to highbrow

cultivated, cultured

middlebrow

erudite, learned, literate, polyhistoric, polymath (or polymathic), scholarly, well-read

academic (also academical), bookish, professorial

didactic, high-toned, hyperintellectual, pedantic

high-hat, snobbish, snobby, snooty

educated, schooled

brainy, bright, brilliant, clever, intelligent, quick-witted, smart
Near Antonyms of highbrow

uncultivated, uncultured

ignorant, illiterate, uneducated, unlettered, unread

dumb, foolish, idiotic (also idiotical), moronic, slow, stupid, unintelligent

benighted, unenlightened
Antonyms of highbrow

anti-intellectual, lowbrow, nonintellectual, philistine

highbrow

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of highbrow

a person with strong intellectual interests

  • guests at her elegant dinner parties are a mix of the city's highbrows and captains of industry
Synonyms of highbrow

double-dome, egghead, geek, intellectual, intellectualist, longhair, nerd
Words Related to highbrow

blue, bluestocking

Brahmin, mandarin, sage

intellectualizer, pseud [British]

brain, genius, intellect, thinker, whiz, wizard
Near Antonyms of highbrow

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

anti-intellectual, lowbrow, philistine

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