as in intellectual
much given to learning and thinking
highbrowed readers were not bothered by the novel's lack of a conventional plot
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for highbrowed
Adjective
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This helps the church establish leaders, college presidents and intellectual leaders.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Apr. 2025 -
After graduating from Harvard Law School, Clement clerked for the federal appeals-court judge Laurence Silberman, the intellectual godfather to generations of conservative lawyers, and then for Justice Antonin Scalia.—
Ruth Marcus,
New Yorker,
25 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Our cerebral circuitry changes constantly—every day, new links are made amongst the 86 billion individual neurons in our heads, and old connections are allowed to fall away.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
17 Apr. 2025
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Challenging, cerebral, but without taking itself too seriously?—
Liam Hess,
Vogue,
14 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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This new species, found near the summit, is adept at moving through trees and has bright blue skin visible only when inflated.—
Stories by Real-Time news team, with AI summarization,
Miami Herald,
18 Apr. 2025
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Instead, Jordan’s CGI Winklevoss stunt is distinguishable only by having one mean brother in a blue cap and a meaner brother in a red fedora.—
Armond White,
National Review,
18 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Neither Eriksson nor Capello seemed particularly determined to evolve the style of play and make England a more cultured footballing side.—
Michael Cox,
The Athletic,
20 Mar. 2025
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Wilk, an Israeli venture, focuses on producing cultured milk fats, used in making cheese and yogurt.—
Daphne Ewing-Chow,
Forbes,
24 Feb. 2025
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“Highbrowed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/highbrowed. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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