intellectual

Meaning

Adj

1. Pertaining to, or performed by, the intellect; mental or cognitive.
2. Endowed with intellect; having a keen sense of understanding; having the capacity for higher forms of knowledge or thought; characterized by intelligence or cleverness
3. Suitable for exercising one's intellect; perceived by the intellect
4. Relating to the understanding; treating of the mind.
5. (archaic, poetic) Spiritual.

Noun

1. An intelligent, learned person, especially one who discourses about learned matters.
2. (archaic) The intellect or understanding; mental powers or faculties.

Synonyms

mental

highbrow

rational

scholar

sage

longhair

noetic

egghead

philosopher

thinking

🤔

intelligent

savant

intellect

cerebral

thinker

learned person

expert

pundit

knowledgeable

intelligentsia

knowledgeable person

cogitative

wise person

of thought

educated

spiritual

brain

🧠

sapient

scholarly

sharp

smart

wisdom

wise man

wit

educated person

erudite person

holy man

learned man

skilled person

intelligent person

astute person

sagacity

acumen

analytic

ascetic

astuteness

authority

brahman

bright

clever

Translations

intellectuel

intellettuale

intelectual

intelectual

intellektuell

intellectueel

intel·lectual

verstandelijk

Intellektueller

mental

geistig

Intellektuelle

geestelijk

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌɪntəˈlɛkt͡ʃʊəl/

Etymology

From Old French intellectuel, from Latin intellectualis.