Nouns (1)
intellect
n. a person who uses the mind creatively
Verbs (0)
Adverbs (0)
Adjectives (4)
intellectual
adj. 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"
intellectual
adj. of or relating to the intellect; "his intellectual career"
rational
adj. of or associated with or requiring the use of the mind; "intellectual problems"; "the triumph of the rational over the animal side of man"
cerebral
adj. involving intelligence rather than emotions or instinct; "a cerebral approach to the problem"; "cerebral drama"
Fuzzynyms (21)
initiate, pundit, savant, learned person
n. someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field
academician, academic, faculty member
n. an educator who works at a college or university
sage, guru, mahatma
n. a mentor in spiritual and philosophical topics who is renowned for profound wisdom
learned, erudite
adj. having or showing profound knowledge; "a learned jurist"; "an erudite professor"
studious, bookish
adj. characterized by diligent study and fondness for reading; "a bookish farmer who always had a book in his pocket"; "a quiet studious child"
literate
adj. versed in literature; dealing with literature
intelligent
adj. having the capacity for thought and reason especially to a high degree; "is there intelligent life in the universe?"; "an intelligent question"
polished, literary, well-written
adj. knowledgeable about literature; "a literary style"
knowledgeable, versed
adj. thoroughly acquainted through study or experience; "this girl, so intimate with nature"-W.H.Hudson; "knowledgeable about the technique of painting"- Herbert Read
Synonyms (7)
educated
adj. possessing an education (especially having more than average knowledge)
mental
adj. involving the mind or an intellectual process; "mental images of happy times"; "mental calculations"; "in a terrible mental state"; "mental suffering"; "free from mental defects"
scholarly
adj. characteristic of scholars or scholarship; "scholarly pursuits"; "a scholarly treatise"; "a scholarly attitude"
psychic, psychological, psychical
adj. mental or emotional as opposed to physical in nature; "give psychological support"; "psychological warfare"
psychogenic
adj. mental or emotional rather than physiological in origin; "a psychogenic disorder"
Antonyms (7)
emotion
n. any strong feeling
simpleton, simple
n. a person lacking intelligence or common sense
nonintellectual
adj. not intellectual
physical
adj. involving the body as distinguished from the mind or spirit; "physical exercise"; "physical suffering"; "was sloppy about everything but her physical appearance"
physical
adj. involving the body as distinguished from the mind or spirit; "physical exercise"; "physical suffering"; "was sloppy about everything but her physical appearance"
emotional
adj. determined or actuated by emotion rather than reason; "it was an emotional judgment"
intellectual
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