Synonyms for intellectual
- adjective
- noun
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Mental — spiritual
mental, rational, spiritual, psychological, metaphysical, intelligent, brainy, noetic, subjective, reasonable, bright
Other
cerebral, learned, highbrowed rare
Noun
1. Highbrow — an intelligent, learned person, especially one who discourses about learned matters
Other
Definitions
- adj. 1
Spiritual.
I deem not profitless those fleeting moods / Of shadowy exultation; not for this, / That they are kindred to our purer mind / And intellectual life […]
- n. 1
An intelligent, learned person, especially one who discourses about learned matters.
Forms
- Plural
- intellectuals → highbrows, academics, scholars, intellects…
Example sentences
- mental His mental level is higher than the average boy's.
- spiritual They gave him both material and spiritual support.
- psychological This accident has caused him psychological trauma.
- rational Starting from now, I am going to be more rational.
- cerebral The cerebral cortex is the brain's outer layer.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| intellectual | rising | |
| mental | steady | |
| spiritual | rising | |
| psychological | steady | |
| rational | rising | |
| cerebral | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- mind1
- 5 letters
- brain1
- 6 letters
- mental2, bright1, genius2, brainy2, noetic
- 7 letters
- learned1, scholar2
- 8 letters
- academic4, rational3, cerebral3, highbrow2
- 9 letters
- spiritual4, intellect3
- 10 letters
- reasonable4, subjective3, highbrowed
- 11 letters
- intelligent4
- 12 letters
- metaphysical5
- 13 letters
- psychological5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (mental2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- intellectuel
- Italiano
- intellettuale
- Deutsch
- intellektuell