highbrow

high·brow  (hbrou)

adj. also high·browed (-broud)

Of, relating to, or being highly cultured or intellectual: They only attend highbrow events such as the ballet or the opera.

n.

One who possesses or affects a high degree of culture or learning.

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highbrowism n.

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highbrow [ˈhaɪˌbraʊ] Often disparaging

n

a person of scholarly and erudite tastes

adj also highbrowed

appealing to highbrows highbrow literature

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	highbrow - a person of intellectual or erudite tastes intellectual, intellect - a person who uses the mind creatively
Adj.	1.	highbrow - highly cultured or educated; "highbrow events such as the ballet or opera"; "a highbrowed literary critic" highbrowed colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech intellectual - appealing to or using the intellect; "satire is an intellectual weapon"; "intellectual workers engaged in creative literary or artistic or scientific labor"; "has tremendous intellectual sympathy for oppressed people"; "coldly intellectual"; "sort of the intellectual type"; "intellectual literature"

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highbrow (Often disparaging)

adjective

intellectual, cultured, sophisticated, deep, cultivated, brainy (informal), highbrowed, bookish He presents his own highbrow literary programme.
intellectual ignorant, philistine, unsophisticated, uninformed, shallow, unlearned, uncultivated, lowbrow, unintellectual

noun

intellectual, scholar, egghead (informal), brain (informal), mastermind, Brahmin (U.S.), aesthete, savant, brainbox (slang) the sniggers of the highbrows
intellectual illiterate, moron, philistine, imbecile (informal), idiot, ignoramus, lowbrow

Quotations
"A highbrow is a kind of person who looks at a sausage and thinks of Picasso" [A.P. Herbert The Highbrow]

Translations

highbrow [ˈhaɪbraʊ]

A. N → intelectual mf, persona f culta (pej) → intelectualoide mf

B. ADJ [book, play, film] → para intelectuales

highbrow [ˈhaɪbraʊ]

adj [film, programme] → intellectuel(le), plutôt cérébral(e)

n → intellectuel(le) m/f, cérébral(e) m/f
high chair highchair [ˈhaɪtʃɛə^r] n → chaise f haute, chaise f d'enfant
high-class adj [ˌhaɪˈklɑːs]

[shop, neighbourhood, hotel] → chic, de grand standing; [prostitute] → de luxe

[performance] → de grande classe; [service] → de grande classe
a high-class player → un(e) joueur/euse de grande classe
It's the hallmark of a high-class player → C'est la marque d'un joueur de grande classe.
high command n → haut commandement m
High Commission n → Haut Commissariat m
High Commissioner n

(= ambassador) [Commonwealth country] → Haut Commissaire mf

(= head of international commission) → Haut Commissaire mf
High Court n → Haute cour f
the High Court → la Haute cour
high definition

n → haute définition f

modif [video, camera] → haute définition; [broadcast] → haute définition
high definition television n → télévision f haute définition
high-density [ˌhaɪˈdɛnsɪti] modif

[housing] → à forte densité

(COMPUTING) [disk] → haute densité inv
high-density disk n (COMPUTING) → disquette f (à) haute densité
high-end [ˌhaɪˈɛnd] modif [product] → haut de gamme

highbrow [ˈhaɪˌbraʊ] n & adj → intellettualoide (m/f)

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highbrow [ˈhaɪˌbraʊ] n & adj → intellettualoide (m/f)