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intellectual
(,/I/n't/-/l/E/k/tS//u//@/l )

adjective (a)

  • appealing to or using the intellect(adj.all)
    Example:
    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.
    Antonym:
    nonintellectual
    source: wordnet30
  • involving intelligence rather than emotions or instinct(adj.all)
    Synonym:
    cerebral
    Antonym:
    emotional
    source: wordnet30
  • Belonging to, or performed by, the intellect; mental; as, intellectual powers, activities, etc.(adjective)
    source: webster1913

noun (n)

  • a person who uses the mind creatively(noun.person)
    Synonym:
    intellect
    source: wordnet30
  • The intellect or understanding; mental powers or faculties.(noun)
    source: webster1913

adjective satellite (s)

  • of or associated with or requiring the use of the mind(adj.all)
    Example:
    Intellectual problems.
    Synonym:
    noetic, rational
    source: wordnet30
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