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Another word for intellectual

intellectual Synonyms

intellectual

modif.

mental, cerebral, intelligent, bookish; see intelligent 1, learned 1, rational 1, studious. See syn. study at intelligent.

intellectual Synonyms

intellectual

n.

scholar, pundit, genius, philosopher, thinker, academic, academician, bookworm, highbrow, member of the intelligentsia, egghead*, brain*, Einstein*, longhair*, bluestocking*, braintruster*; see also genius 2, scholar 2.

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Another word for intellectual

adjective

Relating to or performed by the mind:
cerebral, intellective, mental, psychic, psychical, psychological. See thoughts
Appealing to or engaging the intellect:
cerebral, sophisticated, thoughtful. (Informal) highbrow. See thoughts
Having or showing intelligence, often of a high order:
brilliant, intelligent, knowing, knowledgeable. (Informal) brainy. See ability

noun

A person of great mental ability:

brain, intellect, mind, thinker. See ability

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No community living in full accordance with that code could fail to reach a high moral and intellectual level.
We now find Kant's intellectual scepticism borrowed by W.
During the first two years of her intellectual life, I required Helen to write very little.
The God of Descartes is not merely the creator of the material universe; he is also the father of all truth in the intellectual world.
But the intellectual and what is called spiritual man in him were slumbering as in an infant.

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