highbrow
(Informal)
[noun]
Synonyms:
- intellectual, aesthete, egghead (informal), scholar
[adjective]
Synonyms:
- intellectual, bookish, cultivated, cultured, sophisticated

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

high‧brow /ˈhaɪbraʊ/ adjective

1. a highbrow book, film etc is very serious and may be difficult to understand

2. someone who is highbrow is interested in serious or complicated ideas and subjects Synonym : intellectual
—highbrow noun [countable]
⇒ lowbrow, middlebrow

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

highbrow
adj. Very well educated or even over-educated; belonging to the educated middle class; sophisticated.
Certain novels are not for everyone and are considered as highbrow entertainment.
Antonym: LOW BROW.

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