INTELLECTUALS Synonyms
There are 10 hypernyms of the word intellectuals. (close relations)
Definition of INTELLECTUALS
Best Alternative Words for INTELLECTUALS
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academics | nounn | |||||||
adjective • associated with academia or an academy noun • an educator who works at a college or university adjective satellite • hypothetical or theoretical and not expected to produce an immediate or practical result • marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects | ||||||||
brains | nounn | |||||||
noun • that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord • mental ability • that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason • someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality • the brain of certain animals used as meat verb • hit on the head • kill by smashing someone's skull | ||||||||
experts | nounn | |||||||
noun • a person with special knowledge or ability who performs skillfully adjective satellite • having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude • of or relating to or requiring special knowledge to be understood | ||||||||
intellects | nounn | |||||||
noun • knowledge and intellectual ability • the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination • a person who uses the mind creatively | ||||||||
learners | nounn | |||||||
noun • someone (especially a child) who learns (as from a teacher) or takes up knowledge or beliefs • works for an expert to learn a trade | ||||||||
pundits | nounn | |||||||
noun • someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field | ||||||||
scholars | nounn | |||||||
noun • a learned person; someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines • someone (especially a child) who learns (as from a teacher) or takes up knowledge or beliefs • a student who holds a scholarship | ||||||||
thinkers | nounn | |||||||
noun • an important intellectual • someone who exercises the mind (usually in an effort to reach a decision) | ||||||||
highbrow | adjectiveadj | |||||||
noun • a person of intellectual or erudite tastes adjective satellite • highly cultured or educated | ||||||||
cerebral | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • involving intelligence rather than emotions or instinct • of or relating to the cerebrum or brain | ||||||||
intellect | nounn | |||||||
noun • knowledge and intellectual ability • the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination • a person who uses the mind creatively | ||||||||
noetic | adverb, adjectiveadv, adj | |||||||
adjective satellite • of or associated with or requiring the use of the mind | ||||||||
rational | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • consistent with or based on or using reason • capable of being expressed as a quotient of integers noun • an integer or a fraction adjective satellite • of or associated with or requiring the use of the mind • having its source in or being guided by the intellect (as distinguished from experience or emotion) |