Adjective: intellectual ,in-tu'lek-ch(oo-)ul or ,in-tu'lek-ty(oo-)ul
- Of or associated with or requiring the use of the mind
"intellectual problems";
- rational, noetic
- Appealing to or using the intellect
"has tremendous intellectual sympathy for oppressed people"; "coldly intellectual"; "sort of the intellectual type"; "intellectual literature"; "satire is an intellectual weapon"; "intellectual workers engaged in creative literary or artistic or scientific labour"
- Involving intelligence rather than emotions or instinct
"The debate required intellectual rather than emotional arguments";
- cerebral
- A person who uses the mind creatively
"The intellectual's novel ideas sparked a lively debate";
- intellect
Derived forms: intellectuals
See also: educated, good, highbrow, highbrowed, intellect, mental, mind, rational, reflective, scholarly, serious, sophisticated
Antonym: nonintellectual
Encyclopedia: Intellectual