Also spelled intellectural
adj
noun
Freq #7343
Meanings
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1
adj
Relating to the ability to think, understand, and reason.
Chess is a game that requires intellectual effort.
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2
noun
A person who is well educated and enjoys thinking deeply about serious subjects.
The café was a meeting place for writers and intellectuals.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
Opposites
nonintellectualvisceral
Word family
Forms
intellectualnessintellectuals
Derived forms
anti-intellectualantiintellectualhyperintellectualintellectualisationintellectualishintellectualismintellectualistintellectualisticintellectualityintellectualizationintellectuallyintellectualness
Related forms
bodilybrainclerisyfacultyintellectintellectualizeintelligenceintelligentintelligentsialearnedoverintellectualize
Etymology
From Old French intellectuel, from Latin intellectualis.
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