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intellectuals

noun , plural of intellectual

Synonyms and Antonyms of intellectuals

a person with strong intellectual interests

discovered that in politics a reputation for being an intellectual was regarded as a liability

Synonyms of intellectuals

double-domes, eggheads, geeks, highbrows, intellectualists, longhairs, nerds

Words Related to intellectuals

blues, bluestockings

Brahmins, mandarins, sages

intellectualizers, pseuds [British]

brains, geniuses (or genii), intellects, thinkers, whizzes, wizards

Near Antonyms of intellectuals

blockheads, dolts, dopes, dumbbells, dummies, dunces, fatheads, half-wits, imbeciles, morons, nitwits, pinheads, simpletons

Antonyms of intellectuals

anti-intellectuals, lowbrows, philistines

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