intellectual

B2 Topic:Mind & Cognition

Also spelled intellectural

US /ˌɪntəˈlɛkt͡ʃʊəl/
adj noun Freq #7343

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    Relating to the ability to think, understand, and reason.

    Chess is a game that requires intellectual effort.

  2. 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
1 adj · relating to the ability to... rational
2 noun · a person who is well... scholaracademichighbrow
Opposites
nonintellectualvisceral
Word family
Forms intellectualnessintellectuals
Derived forms anti-intellectualantiintellectualhyperintellectualintellectualisationintellectualishintellectualismintellectualistintellectualisticintellectualityintellectualizationintellectuallyintellectualness

Etymology

From Old French intellectuel, from Latin intellectualis.

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