Intellectual Synonyms and Antonyms

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Synonyms for Intellectual

brainy
Intelligent; smart.
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mental
(--- Slang) Emotionally upset; crazed:
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longhair
A person considered to have excessively refined taste for the arts.
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psychical
(Theology) Pertaining to the animal nature of man, as opposed to the spirit. [from 18th c.]
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highbrow
A person having or affecting highly cultivated, intellectual tastes; intellectual
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psychic
Beyond natural or known physical processes
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intellect
A person's individual ability to think and reason:
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brain
By analogy with a human brain, the part of a machine or computer that performs calculations.
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cerebral
Appealing to or requiring the use of the intellect; intellectual rather than emotional:
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intelligent
Characterized by thoughtful interaction.
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scholar
A specialist in a given branch of knowledge:
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pundit
A learned person in India; someone with knowledge of Sanskrit, philosophy, religion and law; a Hindu scholar. [from 17th c.]
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intellective
Of, relating to, or generated by the intellect.
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psychological
Of psychology
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sophisticated
Highly complex, refined, or developed; characterized by advanced form, technique, etc.
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thoughtful
Exhibiting or characterized by careful thought:
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literati
The literary intelligentsia.
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noetic
Of or pertaining to the mind or intellect.
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bookish
Characterized by a method of expression generally found in books.
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bookworm
Any of various insects, especially booklice and silverfish, that infest books and feed on the paste in the bindings.
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egghead
An intellectual; a highbrow.
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illuminati
Members of certain associations in Europe who combined to promote social reform in pursuit of perfection; especially one originated in 1776 by Adam Weishaupt.
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genius
Inspiration, a mental leap, an extraordinary creative process.
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philosopher
A person who studies or is an expert in philosophy
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academic
Alternative form of academic.
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bluestocking
A woman with strong scholarly or literary interests.
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braintruster
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mind
(Philosophy) The non-material substance or set of processes in which consciousness, perception, affectivity, judgement, thinking, and will are based.
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thinker
An intellectual, such as a philosopher or theologian.
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member of the intelligentsia
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brilliant
Highly intelligent.
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knowing
Possessing knowledge, information, or understanding:
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einstein
A highly intelligent person
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academician
(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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Antonyms for Intellectual

stupid
Lacking in intelligence or exhibiting the quality of having been done by someone lacking in intelligence.
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ignorant
(Slang) Ill-mannered, crude.
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foolish
Ridiculous; absurd
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simple
Easy to understand, do, or carry out:
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dunce
A stupid person; a dolt.
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ignoramus
An ignorant and stupid person
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nonintellectual
Not intellectual
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emotional
Arousing or intended to arouse the emotions:
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Words Related to Intellectual

learned
Derived from experience; acquired by learning.
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rational
(Mathematics) Capable of being expressed as a quotient of integers.
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studious
Characterized by close attention; thoughtful
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thoughts
Relating to or performed by the mind
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ability
Skill, expertness, or talent
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cultural
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moral
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political
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emergent
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aesthetic
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artistic
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literary
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Intellectual Sentence Examples

  • No community living in full accordance with that code could fail to reach a high moral and intellectual level.

  • 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.

  • His interest in art was evidently intellectual.

  • But the intellectual and what is called spiritual man in him were slumbering as in an infant.

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