intellectual
noun
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- adjective
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a person who uses the mind creatively
Types & categories
- person hypernym
- anomalist hyponym
- exponent hyponym
- alchemist hyponym
- aphorist hyponym
- bel esprit hyponym
- clever Dick hyponym
- decoder hyponym
- egghead hyponym
- expositor hyponym
- genius hyponym
- highbrow hyponym
- mentor hyponym
- scholar hyponym
- doubter hyponym
- specifier hyponym
- subjectivist hyponym
- synthesizer hyponym
- theorist hyponym
- thinker hyponym
- thinker hyponym
- illusionist hyponym
- wonderer hyponym
Sense 2 adjective
of or associated with or requiring the use of the mind
intellectual problems
Related & opposite
- cognition derivation
- rationalness derivation
- mental similar to
Sense 3 adjective
appealing to or using the intellect
satire is an intellectual weapon
Related & opposite
- educated also see
- mental also see
- scholarly also see
- nonintellectual antonym
- intellect attribute
- highbrow similar to
- rational similar to
- reflective similar to
- serious similar to
- sophisticated similar to
Sense 4 adjective
involving intelligence rather than emotions or instinct
a cerebral approach to the problem
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | person |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | anomalist |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | exponent |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | alchemist |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | aphorist |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bel esprit |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | clever Dick |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | decoder |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | egghead |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | expositor |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | genius |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | highbrow |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | mentor |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | scholar |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | doubter |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | specifier |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | subjectivist |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | synthesizer |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | theorist |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | thinker |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | thinker |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | illusionist |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | wonderer |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | cognition |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | rationalness |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | mental |
| 3 | also see | Related & opposite | educated |
| 3 | also see | Related & opposite | mental |
| 3 | also see | Related & opposite | scholarly |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | nonintellectual |
| 3 | attribute | Related & opposite | intellect |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | highbrow |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | rational |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | reflective |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | serious |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | sophisticated |
| 4 | antonym | Related & opposite | emotional |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | intellect |