What is another word for intellectual?
156 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ ˌɪntəlˈɛkt͡ʃuːə͡l], [ ˌɪntəlˈɛktʃuːəl], [ ˌɪ_n_t_ə_l_ˈɛ_k_tʃ_uː_əl]Table of Contents
Similar words for intellectual:- academic (adjective)
- all (adjective)
- intellectual (adjective)
- intelligent (adjective)
- knowing (adjective)
- learned (adjective)
- metaphysical (adjective)
- private (adjective)
- ruminative (adjective)
- sagacious (adjective)
- very smart (adjective)
- booklover (noun)
- intellect (noun)
- intellectual (noun)
- intelligence (noun)
- learned person (noun)
- mental (noun)
- pundit (noun)
- sage (noun)
- scholar (noun)
- very smart person (noun)
- other synonyms
- transcendent
Definition for Intellectual:
- 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"
Synonyms for Intellectual:
adj.
•academic (adjective) •all (adjective) •intellectual (adjective) •intelligent (adjective)- clever,
- astute,
- bright,
- canny,
- knowledgeable,
- erudite,
- sagacious,
- knowing,
- capable,
- genius,
- perspicacious,
- encyclopedic,
- Comprehending,
- cogent,
- wise,
- gifted,
- worldly,
- sharp,
- smart.
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- insightful.
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- specialist.
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- trained.
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- ability.
- mind.
Other synonyms:
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- generalist,
- old-timer,
- literate,
- licentiate,
- grad,
- middlebrow,
- neat,
- judicious,
- literati,
- overqualified,
- meditative,
- gentlewoman,
- pensive,
- contemplative,
- full-fledged,
- kahuna,
- well-read,
- cognoscenti,
- intelligentsia,
- calculating.
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- buff,
- well-informed,
- cultivated,
- certified,
- luminary,
- seasoned.
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- cosmopolitan,
- graduate.
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- resident.
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- superior.
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Independent
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Adjective
conceptual, rational, emotional, intangible, theoretical, immaterial, sensible, non-material, knowledgeable, handicapped.
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Proper noun, singular
particulars, articles, Les, Trademarks, Artifacts, intelectual, nations, women, trips, intellectuelle.
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Noun, plural
inventions, Achievements, Languages, Licenses, applications, Industries, systems.
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Noun, singular or mass
intellectuelle.
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Verb, gerund or present participle
existing, learning, sharing, developing.
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Adjective
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Other Related
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Adjective
spiritual, ideological, psychological, moral, scholarly, cultured, wise.
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Proper noun, singular
thinker.
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Adjective
Antonyms for Intellectual:
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adj.
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all
nonintellectual.
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Other antonyms:
clumsy, extracurricular, uncultured, unscholarly, unconscious, moronic, senseless, Thick-headed, noneducational, awkward, bungling, dull, anti-intellectual, idiotic, unenlightened, foolish, obtuse.
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all
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Hypernym for Intellectual:
n.
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person
creative thinker, einstein, Idealogue, wise man, synthesizer, theoriser, exponent, mastermind, skeptic, anomalist, wonderer, mentor, doubter, seer, theorist, clever dick, scholarly person, mind, Expounder, egghead, brain, subjectivist, synthesiser, thinker, visionary, highbrow, bel esprit, sceptic, aphorist, genius, specifier, clever clogs, alchemist, Bookman, Expositor, illusionist, decipherer, theoretician, student, scholar, brainiac, synthesist, decoder, theorizer.
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