intellectual
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(adjective) appealing to or using the intellect; "satire is an intellectual weapon"; "intellectual workers engaged in creative literary or artistic or scientific labor"; "has tremendous intellectual sympathy for oppressed people"; "coldly intellectual"; "sort of the intellectual type"; "intellectual literature" |
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Antonyms: nonintellectual |
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(satellite adjective) associated with or requiring the use of the mind; "intellectual problems"; "the triumph of the rational over the animal side of man" |
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Synonyms: rational |
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(adjective) of or relating to the intellect; "his intellectual career" |
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(noun) a person who uses the mind creatively |
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Synonyms: intellect |
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Related Words: alchemist, anomalist, aphorist, bel esprit, bibliophile, book lover, booklover, bookworm, brain, brainworker, classifier, doubter, egghead, genius, highbrow, human, illusionist, individual, introvert, man of science, mastermind, mentor, mind, mortal, optimist, pedant, person, philosopher, ratiocinator, reasoner, sceptic, scholar, scholarly person, scholastic, scientist, seer, skeptic, somebody, someone, soul, speculator, student, subjectivist, theologian, theologist, theologizer, theoretician, theorist, thinker, visionary, wise man |
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(adjective) involving intelligence rather than emotions or instinct; "a cerebral approach to the problem"; "cerebral drama" |
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Synonyms: cerebral |
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