intellectual

 
  Grep  of  noun  intellectual 
  intellectual 
  intellectual  nourishment 
  intellectualisation 
  intellectualization 
 
  Overview  of  noun  intellectual 
 
  The  noun  intellectual  has  1  sense  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (3)  intellectual,  intellect  --  (a  person  who  uses  the  mind  creatively) 
 
  Overview  of  adj  intellectual 
 
  The  adj  intellectual  has  4  senses  (first  3  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (10)  intellectual  --  (of  or  relating  to  the  intellect;  "his  intellectual  career") 
  2.  (3)  intellectual,  rational,  noetic  --  (of  or  associated  with  or  requiring  the  use  of  the  mind;  "intellectual  problems";  "the  triumph  of  the  rational  over  the  animal  side  of  man") 
  3.  (1)  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") 
  4.  cerebral,  intellectual  --  (involving  intelligence  rather  than  emotions  or  instinct;  "a  cerebral  approach  to  the  problem";  "cerebral  drama") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  intellectual 
 
  3  of  4  senses  of  intellectual 
 
  Sense  2 
  intellectual,  rational,  noetic 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  mental)  ->  physical 
 
  Sense  3 
  intellectual  (vs.  nonintellectual) 
 
  nonintellectual  (vs.  intellectual) 
  =>  anti-intellectual,  philistine 
  =>  lowbrow,  lowbrowed,  uncultivated 
  =>  mindless 
 
  Sense  4 
  cerebral  (vs.  emotional),  intellectual 
 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  intellectual 
 
  4  senses  of  intellectual 
 
  Sense  1 
  intellectual 
  Pertains  to  noun  intellect  (Sense  1) 
  =>mind,  intellect 
  =>  intelligence 
 
  Sense  2 
  intellectual,  rational,  noetic 
  =>  mental  (vs.  physical) 
 
  Sense  3 
  intellectual  (vs.  nonintellectual) 
  =>  highbrow,  highbrowed 
  =>  rational 
  =>  reflective 
  =>  good,  serious 
  =>  sophisticated 
  Also  See->  educated#1;  mental#1;  scholarly#1 
 
  Sense  4 
  cerebral  (vs.  emotional),  intellectual 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  intellectual 
 
  1  of  4  senses  of  intellectual 
 
  Sense  3 
  intellectual  (vs.  nonintellectual) 
  =>  mind,  intellect 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  intellectual 
 
  intellectual  used  as  an  adjective  is  uncommon  (polysemy  count  =  4) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  intellectual 
  anti-intellectual 
  intellectual 
  nonintellectual 
 
  Overview  of  noun  intellectual 
 
  The  noun  intellectual  has  1  sense  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (3)  intellectual,  intellect  --  (a  person  who  uses  the  mind  creatively) 
 
  Overview  of  adj  intellectual 
 
  The  adj  intellectual  has  4  senses  (first  3  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (10)  intellectual  --  (of  or  relating  to  the  intellect;  "his  intellectual  career") 
  2.  (3)  intellectual,  rational,  noetic  --  (of  or  associated  with  or  requiring  the  use  of  the  mind;  "intellectual  problems";  "the  triumph  of  the  rational  over  the  animal  side  of  man") 
  3.  (1)  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") 
  4.  cerebral,  intellectual  --  (involving  intelligence  rather  than  emotions  or  instinct;  "a  cerebral  approach  to  the  problem";  "cerebral  drama") 

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