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Synonyms for intellectual
ˌɪn tlˈɛk tʃu əlin·tel·lec·tu·al
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Wiktionary
intellectualnoun
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non-intellectualintellectualnoun
Belonging to, or performed by, the intellect; mental; as, intellectual powers, activities, etc.
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non-intellectualintellectualadjective
Endowed with intellect; having the power of understanding; having capacity for the higher forms of knowledge or thought; characterized by intelligence or mental capacity; as, an intellectual person.
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non-intellectualintellectualadjective
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non-intellectualintellectualadjective
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non-intellectual
English Synonyms and Antonyms
intellectual
Clever, as used in England, especially implies an aptitude for study or learning, and for excellent tho not preeminent mental achievement. The early New England usage as implying simple and weak good nature has largely affected the use of the word throughout the United States, where it has never been much in favor. Smart, indicating dashing ability, is now coming to have a suggestion of unscrupulousness, similar to that of the word sharp, which makes its use a doubtful compliment. The discriminating use of such words as able, gifted, talented, etc., is greatly preferable to an excessive use of the word clever. Compare ACUMEN; ASTUTE; POWER.
Synonyms:
able, adroit, apt, bright, capable, clever, dexterous, expert, gifted, happy, ingenious, intelligent, keen, knowing, quick, quick-witted, sharp, skilful, smart, talentedAntonyms:
awkward, bungling, clumsy, dull, foolish, idiotic, ignorant, senseless, slow, stupid, thick-headed, witless
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
intellectual
Synonyms:
mental, metaphysical, psychological, inventive, learned, culturedAntonyms:
unintellectual, unmetaphysical, unlearned
Princeton's WordNet
intellectual, intellectadjective
a person who uses the mind creatively
Synonyms:
mind, understanding, reason, intellectAntonyms:
lowbrow, mindless, physical, lowbrowed, philistine, anti-intellectual, uncultivated, nonintellectualintellectual, rational, noeticadjective
of or 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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cerebral, rational, noeticAntonyms:
anti-intellectual, uncultivated, lowbrowed, mindless, physical, lowbrow, nonintellectual, philistineintellectualadjective
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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cerebral, rational, noeticAntonyms:
philistine, physical, nonintellectual, uncultivated, lowbrowed, mindless, lowbrow, anti-intellectualcerebral, intellectualadjective
involving intelligence rather than emotions or instinct
"a cerebral approach to the problem"; "cerebral drama"
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cerebral, rational, noeticAntonyms:
anti-intellectual, physical, mindless, uncultivated, nonintellectual, lowbrowed, philistine, lowbrow
Dictionary of English Synonymes
intellectualadjective
Synonyms:
mental, of the intellect, of the understanding
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "intellectual":
intellectuelle, intelectual, knowledge, intellectuals, mental, spiritual, intelligentsia, cognitive, wisdom, thinker, knowledge-based
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#727 | able | |
#897 | knowledge | |
#934 | quick | |
#1074 | mind | |
#1246 | reason | |
#1280 | happy | |
#1670 | understanding | |
#2155 | expert | |
#2207 | smart | |
#2256 | mental | |
#3091 | sharp | |
#3293 | learned | |
#3706 | spiritual | |
#3740 | intellectual | |
#3757 | bright | |
#4264 | capable | |
#4704 | knowing | |
#4767 | intelligent | |
#5174 | wisdom | |
#6105 | psychological | |
#7165 | cognitive | |
#8052 | rational | |
#8670 | talented | |
#8742 | apt | |
#9217 | keen | |
#10247 | clever | |
#12072 | gifted | |
#12684 | cerebral | |
#14209 | cultured | |
#19073 | intellect | |
#20264 | metaphysical | |
#24420 | thinker | |
#25044 | intellectuals | |
#26871 | inventive | |
#28297 | ingenious | |
#52506 | skilful | |
#69268 | intelligentsia | |
#70664 | adroit | |
#122314 | dexterous | |
#127794 | intelectual | |
#136377 | noetic | |
#156984 | intellectuelle |
How to use intellectual in a sentence?
I can only imagine that at the beginning, they wanted me to be the sidekick, or that, somehow, maybe it was enough of a change just to see a woman having this kind of intellectual repartee with a man on camera, and surely the audience couldn't deal with actually seeing them walk side by side!
For the last two years I have been very alarmed to see the blueprint unfold, when you look at the time-line of attacks, you see a systematic and thorough approach, involving criminal networks used against private as well as government intellectual property.
The key to a strong agreement is protecting our intellectual property here in America and stopping the Chinese from keeping out our best goods until we hand over our trade secrets.
Human as an intellectual being needs answers about the existence for the purpose of knowing the way to live.”
To get your foreign policy advice from the shows is probably not the best way to be ready to be president, if you have intellectual curiosity as a leader, you can grow into the job. I'm not sure Mr. Trump has much intellectual curiosity.
Translations for intellectual
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- مفكرArabic
- intel·lectualCatalan, Valencian
- Intellektueller, intellektuell, IntellektuelleGerman
- intelectualSpanish
- فکری, روشنفکریPersian
- intellectuelle, intellectuelFrench
- बौद्धिकHindi
- רוחניHebrew
- 知識人Japanese
- បញ្ញាKhmer
- verstandelijkDutch
- intelectualPortuguese
- intelectuală, intelectualRomanian
- интеллигент, интеллектуал, умственный, интеллектуальныйRussian
- intellektuellSwedish
- அறிவுசார்Tamil
- entellektüelTurkish
- دانشورUrdu
- 知識分子Chinese
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