intellectual

in·tel·lec·tu·al  (ntl-kch-l)

adj.

1.

a. Of or relating to the intellect.

b. Rational rather than emotional.

2. Appealing to or engaging the intellect: an intellectual book; an intellectual problem.

3.

a. Having or showing intellect, especially to a high degree. See Synonyms at intelligent.

b. Given to activities or pursuits that require exercise of the intellect.

n.

An intellectual person.

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[Middle English, from Old French intellectuel, from Late Latin intellctulis, from Latin intellctus, intellect; see intellect.]

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intel·lectu·ali·ty (-l-t) n.

intel·lectu·al·ly adv.

intel·lectu·al·ness n.

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intellectual

Adjective

1. of, involving, or appealing to the intellect: intellectual literature

2. clever or intelligent

Noun

a person who has a highly developed intellect

intellectuality n
intellectually adv

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	intellectual - a person who uses the mind creatively intellect 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
Adj.	1.	intellectual - of or associated with or requiring the use of the mind; "intellectual problems"; "the triumph of the rational over the animal side of man" noetic, rational mental - involving the mind or an intellectual process; "mental images of happy times"; "mental calculations"; "in a terrible mental state"; "mental suffering"; "free from mental defects"
	2.	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" educated - possessing an education (especially having more than average knowledge) mental - involving the mind or an intellectual process; "mental images of happy times"; "mental calculations"; "in a terrible mental state"; "mental suffering"; "free from mental defects" scholarly - characteristic of scholars or scholarship; "scholarly pursuits"; "a scholarly treatise"; "a scholarly attitude" nonintellectual - not intellectual
	3.	intellectual - involving intelligence rather than emotions or instinct; "a cerebral approach to the problem"; "cerebral drama" cerebral

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intellectual

adjective 1. scholarly, learned, academic, lettered, intelligent, rational, cerebral, erudite, scholastic, highbrow, well-read, studious, bookish << OPPOSITE stupid

noun 2. academic, expert, genius, thinker, master, brain (informal) mastermind, maestro, highbrow, rocket scientist (informal), chiefly U.S. egghead (informal) brainbox, bluestocking (usually disparaging) master-hand, fundi S. African acca Austral. (slang) << OPPOSITE idiot

Translations

intellectual [ɪntəˈlɛktjuəl] adj, n → intelectual m/f

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intellectual [ɪntəˈlɛktjuəl] intellect adj, n → intellectuel(le)

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intellectual [ɪntəˈlɛktjuəl] intellect adj → intellektuell, geistig

n → Intellektuelle(r) f(m)

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intellectual [ɪntəˈlɛktjuəl] adj, n → intellettuale (m/f)