intellectual
adjective
[ ˌɪntəˈlɛktʃʊəl ]
• relating to the intellect.
• "children need intellectual stimulation"
Similar:
mental,
cerebral,
cognitive,
rational,
psychological,
abstract,
conceptual,
theoretical,
analytical,
logical,
academic,
mindly,
phrenic,
ratiocinative,
intellectual
noun
• a person possessing a highly developed intellect.
• "a prominent political thinker and intellectual"
Similar:
intelligent person,
learned person,
highbrow,
academic,
bookworm,
bookish person,
man of letters,
woman of letters,
bluestocking,
thinker,
brain,
scholar,
sage,
genius,
Einstein,
polymath,
expert,
prodigy,
gifted child,
mastermind,
pandit,
egghead,
brains,
bright spark,
whizz,
wizard,
walking encyclopedia,
brainbox,
clever clogs,
boffin,
brainiac,
rocket scientist,
maven,
Brahmin,
pointy-head,
bookman,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin intellectualis, from intellectus ‘understanding’, from intellegere ‘understand’ (see intelligent).
