intellectual as a noun: - 1
as an adjective: - 1
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intellectual
noun
1 intellectual
A person who uses the mind creatively.
synonym: intellect.
Roget 455:
interest,
thirst for knowledge,
thirst for truth;
curiosity,
curiousness;
inquiring mind;
inquisitiveness.
omnivorous intellect,
devouring mind.
[person who desires knowledge]
inquirer;
sightseer;
quidnunc [Lat.],
newsmonger,
Paul Pry,
eavesdropper;
gossip
etc.
(news)
532;
rubberneck;
intellectual;
seeker
[inquirer after religious knowledge],
seeker after truth.
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Roget 500:
sage,
wise man;
genius;
master mind,
master spirit of the age;
longhead†,
thinker;
intellectual,
longhair.
authority,
oracle,
luminary,
shining light,
esprit fort,
magnus Apollo [Lat.],
Solon,
Solomon,
Nestor,
Magi,
second Daniel. "
man of learning
etc.
492;
expert
etc.
700;
wizard
etc.
994.
wiseacre [Iron.],
bigwig,
know-it-all;
poor man's Einstein.
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Roget 574:
vigor,
power,
force;
boldness,
raciness
etc.
adj.;
intellectual,
force;
spirit,
point,
antithesis,
piquance,
piquancy;
verve,
glow,
fire,
warmth;
strong language;
gravity,
sententiousness;
elevation,
loftiness,
sublimity.
eloquence;
command of words,
command of language.
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Dutch: egg-head, egghead, high-brow, highbrow, intellectueel
Polish: intelektualista, mózgowiec
adjective
1 intellectual
Of or associated with or requiring the use of the mind:
— Intellectual problems.
synonyms: noetic, rational.
Roget 450:
intellectual
[Relating to intellect],
mental,
rational,
subjective,
metaphysical,
nooscopic†,
spiritual;
ghostly;
psychical†,
psychological;
cerebral;
animastic†;
brainy;
hyperphysical†,
superphysical†;
subconscious,
subliminal.
immaterial
etc.
317;
endowed with reason.
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Polish: intelektualny
2 intellectual
Appealing to or using the intellect.
Polish: intelektualny
3 intellectual
Involving intelligence rather than emotions or instinct.
synonym: cerebral.
Polish: intelektualny
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