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longhair

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of longhair

a person with strong intellectual interests

  • long-standing tension between the townies and the longhairs at the elite college
Synonyms of longhair

double-dome, egghead, geek, highbrow, intellectual, intellectualist, nerd
Words Related to longhair

blue, bluestocking

Brahmin, mandarin, sage

intellectualizer, pseud [British]

brain, genius, intellect, thinker, whiz, wizard
Near Antonyms of longhair

blockhead, dolt, dope, dumbbell, dummy, dunce, fathead, half-wit, imbecile, moron, nitwit, pinhead, simpleton
Antonyms of longhair

anti-intellectual, lowbrow, philistine

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