intellect
noun
[ ˈɪntəlɛkt ]
• the faculty of reasoning and understanding objectively, especially with regard to abstract matters.
• "he was a man of action rather than of intellect"
Similar:
mind,
brain,
brains,
head,
intelligence,
reason,
understanding,
comprehension,
thought,
brainpower,
sense,
judgement,
wisdom,
wits,
nous,
grey matter,
brainbox,
brain cells,
loaf,
upper storey,
smarts,
kop,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin intellectus ‘understanding’, from intellegere ‘understand’ (see intelligent).
