HYPERINTELLECTUAL Synonyms: 63 Similar and Opposite Words

hyperintellectual

adjective

Definition of hyperintellectual

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Recent Examples of hyperintellectual Throughout, her sensitivity and emotional presence soften the hyperintellectual, almost academic quality of her writing. — Tiana Reid, Vulture, 31 Aug. 2021

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Adjective

Still, an air of artificiality and sometimes theatricality does pervade his talky, often didactic scenes, which actually plays to the benefit of the performances — especially from Huston.

— Jessica Kiang, Variety, 4 Sep. 2026
The work blends seamlessly with Chef Paz's interior design and bears no didactic information or price tag, so it's rarely sold.

— Anya Sesay, jsonline.com, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of didactic

Adjective

Only instead of crusading against the evils of dancing teenagers, our most pedantic podcasters have joined forces to convince their audiences that Tony Romo should be doing the Texas two-step to the nearest unemployment office.

— Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 11 Aug. 2026
The best tended to use puns, literalization — turning an idiom into reality — and pedantic humor to delight and torment children in equal measures.

— Lindsey Bever, Washington Post, 21 June 2026

Definition of pedantic

Adjective

Nobody comes off well; if anything, the snooty German Jews almost seem more vicious than the right-wing plotters, who are presented as mercenary and power-hungry rather than ideological.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2026
Pierce’s brother Wendell (Monte Easter), an up-and-coming lawyer, is busy planning a wedding to a snooty upper-middle-class black woman named Sonia (Gaye Shannon-Burnett, who co-produced the film).

— Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of snooty

Adjective

Chilling this wine brings out the elegance, aromatics and lends a high-toned aspect to the fruit.

— Katie Kelly Bell, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
The gambit that Shelley somehow comes to possess her fictional creation is sustained, as Ida alternates between a very American dialect and a more high-toned British accent.

— Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 13 Mar. 2026

Definition of high-toned

Adjective

America’s cheap conveniences can (and often do) spark snobbish criticism about junk food and car culture, but visitors are going viral for enthusiastically embracing the American way.

— Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
Storied animation producer Bonnie Arnold gave short shrift to those who are snobbish about her beloved discipline at Annecy today.

— Max Goldbart, Deadline, 22 June 2026

Definition of snobbish

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Inside the closed cockpits of WEC’s two classes of sports car, the difference may be academic.

— Patrick Iversen, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
Two decades and many drafts later, the project pulled in her academic background in gender studies alongside something more personal.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of academic

Adjective

Set the scene Upon entering, don't let the grandiose, atrium-esque, white-marbled lobby fool you into thinking there's an ounce of formality or stuffiness here.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Sep. 2026
But for those who find (and in some cases may be slightly mystified as to why) that there is a nagging, needling value to Schrader’s ongoing project of tussling with grandiose dilemmas of transgression and deliverance, there is some new news here.

— Jessica Kiang, Variety, 4 Sep. 2026

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