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intellectual

/,ɪn'təlɛkʧuəl/

Synonyms of intellectual Antonyms of intellectual Examples of intellectual Usage of intellectual Parts of intellectual Definition that contains intellectual Words sounding like intellectual Explanation of intellectual

adjective
of or associated with or requiring the use of the mind
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"intellectual problems"

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noetic rational mental
adjective
involving intelligence rather than emotions or instinct
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cerebral
noun
a person who uses the mind creatively
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intellect

type of:
soul individual someone mortal person somebody
adjective
appealing to or using the intellect
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"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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rational serious good highbrow highbrowed sophisticated reflective

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nonintellectual

Examples of intellectual

"intellectual problems"
"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"