HYPERINTELLECTUAL Synonyms: 63 Similar and Opposite Words

hyperintellectual

adjective

Definition of hyperintellectual

as in didactic

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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

In one memorable scene, Mari takes to a whiteboard to explain the destructive workings of capitalism, a lengthy, potentially didactic exercise that Okamoto transforms into an unexpectedly intimate exchange.

— Lisa Wong Macabasco, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2026
Not wanting a didactic feel, Ebenstein eschewed labels for the art, artifacts, masks, toys, skeletal and wet specimens, wax scientific models, devotional objects, vintage taxidermy and books.

— Dina Cheney, Washington Post, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of didactic

Adjective

Despite the rhetoric and anger, Satanic Planet don’t come off as preachy or pedantic.

— Sadie Sartini Garner, Pitchfork, 30 Oct. 2026
Advertisement Given all the change that artificial intelligence is predicted to bring, quibbling over word choice might seem pedantic, like arguing about the Latin name of a tree’s species while the forest burns.

— David Litt, Time, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of pedantic

Adjective

Jackson voted in June 2023 to accept a committee recommendation against passing LD 930, legislation seeking to restrict participation in women’s and girls’ scholastic sports.

— Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 2026
The coming-of-age drama, based on Coffey’s life, follows a high school student with mild cerebral palsy trying to wrestle for the school’s scholastic wrestling team.

— Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of scholastic

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In the box office sensation Animal House (1978), directed by John Landis, Weller sparkled as the snooty Mandy, who’s dating the arrogant Omega House chapter president Gregory Marmalard (James Daughton).

— Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2026
Joel’s collection is also home to several Ducatis, something sure to please the snootier connoisseurs out there.

— Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 30 Sep. 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

The stranger’s curse seems intended to inflict pain not only on the snobbish Anna, who cringes at the slob her son has become, but her pushy husband Walter (Adriano Giannini).

— Damon Wise, Deadline, 7 Sep. 2026
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

Definition of snobbish

Adjective

The Brookings paper makes the same argument in academic terms.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026
Nancy’s British father, Gerald Cadogan, is an academic and archaeologist, and much of her childhood was spent on excavation sites in Cyprus and Crete.

— Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of academic

Adjective

At the end of the day, and of his essay, Thiel’s grandiose language and project is shown to be a rather ordinary ideological one.

— David Gibson, The Verge, 20 Oct. 2026
The grandiose panic room where Kate and Hal are locked down after the shooting was filmed in the crypt of a church on the Upper West Side.

— Emily Zemler, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Oct. 2026

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