INTELLECT Synonyms: 125 Similar and Opposite Words

intellect

noun

ˈin-tə-ˌlekt

Definition of intellect

as in genius

a very smart person one of the finest intellects of our time

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as in intelligence

the ability to learn and understand or to deal with problems a child of great intellect as well as artistic talent

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Recent Examples of intellect Irma is not going to resolve her dilemma by having sex or cutting loose, nor by renouncing such pastimes and doubling down on intellect. — B. D. McClay, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026 Tony has led at the highest levels of government, respected for his intellect, strategic vision and ability to bring people together around bold, forward-looking ideas. — Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2026 Nathan Starting as AFC Richmond’s timid and underappreciated kit man, Nate Shelley gradually reveals a tactical intellect that earns him a promotion to assistant coach. — Sarah Scott, Parents, 6 Oct. 2026 That’s what makes bikepacking part cycling, part camping, and part foraging, as each rider must possess a substantial expeditionary intellect in order to make it through races. — Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 4 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for intellect

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Noun

Musk’s genius is also his danger, said Michael Morris, a professor of leadership at Columbia Business School.

— Jesse Bedayn, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2026
This is like hiring a business operations genius and putting him to work as an assistant.

— Kai-Fu Lee, Time, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of genius

Noun

Author Yuval Noah Harari has been pointing out the difference between consciousness and intelligence.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2026
Floris was a former top intelligence analyst in charge at the bureau's Washington Field Office, while Benavides was the former deputy assistant director at the FBI's Counterintelligence Division.

— Sarah N. Lynch, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of intelligence

Noun

Among the counties now favoring Colom is Forrest County, home to Hattiesburg and named for Confederate general Nathan Bedford Forrest, the Ku Klux Klan’s first grand wizard.

— Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2026
Forrest County’s Competing Legacies Nathan Bedford Forrest, a Tennessee slave trader who became a Confederate general, later served as the first grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan during Reconstruction.

— Sam Stevenson, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2026

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At a free, all-day festival in Newark, hundreds gathered to celebrate Indian culture, with live music, traditional clothing and food creating a sense of connection to home.

— CBS News, CBS News, 8 Nov. 2026
Democrats know what drove those voters away in the first place — cost of living, rent, grocery bills, public safety and a sense among working families that the party talks past them and even down to them.

— Bradley Honan, New York Daily News, 8 Nov. 2026

Definition of sense

Noun

Osage orange produces massive green monkey brain fruits full of seeds that can dent your car and give you a concussion.

— Carl R. Gold, Baltimore Sun, 8 Nov. 2026
Nearly every medical student learns about the coagulation cascade, but not all doctors know or remember how to diagnose and treat an infant who shows up in an ER bleeding, often in the brain and invisible to the eye.

— Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica, 8 Nov. 2026

Definition of brain

Noun

Officials, for example, have not explained whether Young’s administrative leave was related to allegations against him personally, his supervisory responsibilities or another reason.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 3 Nov. 2026
The Catalan capital has been a popular destination for decades, and with good reason.

— Jaymi McCann, TheWeek, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of reason

Noun

In lieu of meaningful financial and intellectual compensation, any thinkers of such caliber today might understandably find arts criticism unworthy of their time and/or just share it to their Letterboxd for free.

— David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 3 Nov. 2026
But progressive foreign policy thinkers are often more skeptical of economic confrontation and favor closer ties with China.

— THOMAS WRIGHT, Foreign Affairs, 3 Nov. 2026

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