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1. (adj.) intellectual
appealing to or engaging the intellect:
intellectual pursuits.
2. intellectual
of, pertaining to, or requiring the intellect or its use.
3. intellectual
placing a high value on or pursuing things of interest to the intellect, esp. the higher or more abstract forms of knowledge.
4. intellectual
developed by or relying on the intellect rather than emotions or feelings; rational.
5. intellectual
possessing or showing mental capacity to a high degree; of superior intellect.
6. (n.) intellectual
a person who values or pursues intellectual interests.
7. intellectual
a person professionally engaged in mental labor.
8. intellectual
a person of superior intellect.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME < L intellēctuālis, der. of intellēctusintellect)
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| Definition of 'Intellectual' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) intellectual, intellect
a person who uses the mind creatively
2. (adj) intellectual, rational, noetic
of or associated with or requiring the use of the mind
"intellectual problems"; "the triumph of the rational over the animal side of man"
3. (adj) intellectual
appealing to or using the intellect
"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"
4. (adj) cerebral, intellectual
involving intelligence rather than emotions or instinct
"a cerebral approach to the problem"; "cerebral drama"
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1. (adjective) intellectual
***relating to sb's intellect; = mental
***a student's intellectual abilities
2. intellectual
(of a person) intelligent and interested in learning
his intellectual friends
3. (noun) intellectual
an intellectual person
left-wing intellectuals
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| Definition of 'Intellectual' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) Intellectual
belonging to, or performed by, the intellect; mental; as, intellectual powers, activities, etc
2. (adj) Intellectual
endowed with intellect; having the power of understanding; having capacity for the higher forms of knowledge or thought; characterized by intelligence or mental capacity; as, an intellectual person
3. (adj) Intellectual
suitable for exercising the intellect; formed by, and existing for, the intellect alone; perceived by the intellect; as, intellectual employments
4. (adj) Intellectual
relating to the understanding; treating of the mind; as, intellectual philosophy, sometimes called "mental" philosophy
5. (noun) Intellectual
the intellect or understanding; mental powers or faculties
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