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intellect
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in·tel·lect  (ntl-kt)
n.
1.
a. The ability to learn and reason; the capacity for knowledge and understanding.
b. The ability to think abstractly or profoundly. See Synonyms at mind.
2. A person of great intellectual ability.

[Middle English, from Old French intellecte, from Latin intellctus, perception, from past participle of intellegere, to perceive; see intelligent.]

intellect
Noun
1. the ability to understand, think, and reason
2. a particular person's mind or intelligence, esp. a brilliant one: his intellect is wasted on that job
3. Informal a person who has a brilliant mind [Latin intellectus comprehension]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.intellectintellect - knowledge and intellectual ability; "he reads to improve his mind"; "he has a keen intellect"
intelligence - the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience
2.intellectintellect - the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination; "we are told that man is endowed with reason and capable of distinguishing good from evil"
faculty, mental faculty, module - one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind
3.intellectintellect - a person who uses the mind creatively
individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"
anomalist - someone who has a special interest in exceptional cases
exponent - someone who expounds and interprets or explains
alchemist - one who was versed in the practice of alchemy and who sought an elixir of life and a panacea and an alkahest and the philosopher's stone
aphorist - someone who formulates aphorisms or who repeats aphorisms
bel esprit - a witty or clever person with a fine mind
clever clogs, clever Dick - an intellectual who is ostentatiously and irritatingly knowledgeable
decipherer, decoder - the kind of intellectual who converts messages from a code to plain text
egghead - an intellectual; a very studious and academic person; "in spite of her love of reading she denied being an egghead"
expositor, expounder - a person who explains
brainiac, genius, mastermind, Einstein, brain - someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality; "Mozart was a child genius"; "he's smart but he's no Einstein"
highbrow - a person of intellectual or erudite tastes
mentor, wise man - a wise and trusted guide and advisor
bookman, scholar, scholarly person, student - a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines
doubter, sceptic, skeptic - someone who habitually doubts accepted beliefs
specifier - someone who draws up specifications giving details (as for obtaining a patent)
subjectivist - a person who subscribes to subjectivism
synthesiser, synthesist, synthesizer - an intellectual who synthesizes or uses synthetic methods
idealogue, theoretician, theoriser, theorist, theorizer - someone who theorizes (especially in science or art)
creative thinker, thinker, mind - an important intellectual; "the great minds of the 17th century"
thinker - someone who exercises the mind (usually in an effort to reach a decision)
illusionist, seer, visionary - a person with unusual powers of foresight
wonderer - someone who is curious about something

intellect
noun 2. (Informal) thinker, intellectual, genius, mind, brain (informal) intelligence, rocket scientist (informal), chiefly U.S. egghead (informal)
Translations

intellect [ˈɪntəlɛkt] nintelecto
intellect [ˈɪntəlɛkt] nintelligence f
intellect [ˈɪntəlɛkt] nIntellekt m
intellect [ˈɪntəlɛkt] nintelletto

intellect
n intellect [ˈintilekt]
the thinking power of the mind He was a person of great intellect.intellekعَقْل، فِكْر، القُوَّه العَقْلِيَّهинтелектintelektintellektder Verstandδιάνοιαintelectoaruقدرت تفکرälyintelligenceשֵׂכֶלप्रज्ञाrazumértelemkecerdasanvitsmunir; gáfurintelletto知性지성intelektasintelekts; prātsintelekintellectforstand, intellektintelektintelectointelect, inteligenţăинтеллектintelektrazumintelektintellektปัญญาakıl, zihin智力інтелект, розумقوت استدلالtrí tuệ
adj ˌintelˈlectual [-ˈlektʃuəl]
of, or appealing to, the intellect He does not play football – his interests are mainly intellectual.intellektueelعَقْلي، ذِهْنيинтелектуаленintelektuálníintellektuelgeistigπνευματικός, διανοητικόςintelectualintellektuaalneفکریälyllinenintellectuelשִׂכלִיबुद्धिगत, प्रज्ञावानintelektualniintellektuálisintelektualvitsmunalegur, andlegurintellettuale知的な지적인intelektualinis, protinisintelektuāls; prāta-intelektualintellectueelåndelig, intellektuellintelektualnyintelectualinte­lec­tualинтеллектуальныйintelektuálnyumskiintelektualanintellektuellซึ่งมีสติปัญญาakla dayanan, zihinsel智力的інтелектуальний, розумовийذہنیthuộc trí tuệ

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