Synonyms of inkhorn

inkhorn

adjective

as in scholarly

marked by or given to showing knowledge in a showy way

The writer apparently thought using a bunch of inkhorn terms would impress the reader and distract from the severely lacking plot.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• scholarly
• academic
• academical
• scholastic
• intellectual
• pedantic
• didactic
• hifalutin
• high-toned
• clever
• intelligent
• high-hat
• snooty
• erudite
• pompous
• blue
• brilliant
• highfalutin
• snobbish
• educated
• ostentatious
• high-minded
• hyperintellectual
• cerebral
• snobby
• grandiose
• bookish
• affected
• professorial
• bright
• learned
• cultured
• intellectualist
• smart
• la-de-da
• intellectualistic
• long-haired
• highbrow
• la-di-da
• quick-witted
• schooled
• longhair
• nerdish
• brainy
• cultivated
• eggheaded
• nerdy
• lah-de-dah
• lah-di-dah
• lah-dee-dah
• geeky
• highbrowed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lowbrow
• ignorant
• illiterate
• unlettered
• unread
• nonintellectual
• uneducated
• philistine
• uncultivated
• anti-intellectual
• uncultured

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• lowbrow
• ignorant
• illiterate
• unlettered
• unread
• nonintellectual
• uneducated
• philistine
• uncultivated
• anti-intellectual
• uncultured

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