See intellect in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
noun
The faculty of thinking, reasoning, and acquiring and applying knowledge:
brain (often used in plural), brainpower, intelligence, mentality, mind, sense, understanding, wit. (Slang) smart (used in plural). See ability, thoughtsA person of great mental ability:
brain, intellectual, mind, thinker. See ability
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