Intellectual synonyms and antonyms
ĭn'tl-ĕk'cho͝o-əl
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Part of speech:
Intelligent; smart.
(--- Slang) Emotionally upset; crazed:
longhair
A person considered to have excessively refined taste for the arts.
learned (related)
Derived from experience; acquired by learning.
A person having or affecting highly cultivated, intellectual tastes; intellectual
Beyond natural or known physical processes
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A person's individual ability to think and reason:
stupid (antonym)
Lacking in intelligence or exhibiting the quality of having been done by someone lacking in intelligence.
By analogy with a human brain, the part of a machine or computer that performs calculations.
Appealing to or requiring the use of the intellect; intellectual rather than emotional:
Characterized by thoughtful interaction.
A specialist in a given branch of knowledge:
A learned person in India; someone with knowledge of Sanskrit, philosophy, religion and law; a Hindu scholar. [from 17th c.]
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ignorant (antonym)
(Slang) Ill-mannered, crude.
foolish (antonym)
Ridiculous; absurd
simple (antonym)
Easy to understand, do, or carry out:
dunce (antonym)
A stupid person; a dolt.
ignoramus (antonym)
An ignorant and stupid person
Of, relating to, or generated by the intellect.
Of psychology
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Highly complex, refined, or developed; characterized by advanced form, technique, etc.
Exhibiting or characterized by careful thought:
linguistic (related)
noetic
Of or pertaining to the mind or intellect.
Characterized by a method of expression generally found in books.
Any of various insects, especially booklice and silverfish, that infest books and feed on the paste in the bindings.
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An intellectual; a highbrow.
rational (related)
(Mathematics) Capable of being expressed as a quotient of integers.
aesthetics (related)
Inspiration, a mental leap, an extraordinary creative process.
A person who studies or is an expert in philosophy
Alternative form of academic.
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A woman with strong scholarly or literary interests.
braintruster
studious (related)
Characterized by close attention; thoughtful
The literary intelligentsia.
(Philosophy) The non-material substance or set of processes in which consciousness, perception, affectivity, judgement, thinking, and will are based.
An intellectual, such as a philosopher or theologian.
thoughts (related)
Relating to or performed by the mind
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ability (related)
Skill, expertness, or talent
nonintellectual (antonym)
Not intellectual
emotional (antonym)
Arousing or intended to arouse the emotions:
cultural (related)
moral (related)
ideological (related)
political (related)
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emergent (related)
philosophical (related)
member of the intelligentsia
Highly intelligent.
Possessing knowledge, information, or understanding:
aesthetic (related)
artistic (related)
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literary (related)
A highly intelligent person
(Now chiefly US) A member (especially a senior one) of the faculty at a college or university; an academic. [from 17th c.]
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