intellectual
[adjective]
Synonyms:
- scholarly, bookish, cerebral, highbrow, intelligent, studious, thoughtful
[noun]
Synonyms:
- thinker, academic, egghead (informal), highbrow

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Antonyms: carnal
Contrasted words: animal, fleshly, sensual

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

I. in‧tel‧lec‧tu·al¹ W3 /ˌɪntəˈlektʃuəl◂, ˌɪntɪˈlektʃuəl◂/ adjective

1. relating to the ability to understand things and think intelligently ⇒ mental
intellectual development/ability/activity etc
a job that requires considerable intellectual effort

2. an intellectual person is well-educated and interested in serious ideas and subjects such as science, literature etc ⇒ academic:
Mark’s very intellectual.

3. needing serious thought in order to be understood:
an intellectual film
—intellectually adverb:
intellectually stimulating
⇒ intelligent

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

II. intellectual² noun [countable]
an intelligent well-educated person who spends time thinking about complicated ideas and discussing them ⇒ academic:
a leading British intellectual
—intellectualism noun [uncountable]

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲