Synonyms for intellectual
ˌɪn tlˈɛk tʃu əlin·tel·lec·tu·al

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1. intellectualnoun

   Antonyms:
   non-intellectual

2. intellectualnoun

   Belonging to, or performed by, the intellect; mental; as, intellectual powers, activities, etc.

   Antonyms:
   non-intellectual

3. intellectualadjective

   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.

   Antonyms:
   non-intellectual

4. intellectualadjective

   Antonyms:
   non-intellectual

5. intellectualadjective

   Antonyms:
   non-intellectual

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1. intellectual

   Clever, as used in England, especially implies an aptitude for study or learning, and for excellent tho not preeminent mental achievement. The early New England usage as implying simple and weak good nature has largely affected the use of the word throughout the United States, where it has never been much in favor. Smart, indicating dashing ability, is now coming to have a suggestion of unscrupulousness, similar to that of the word sharp, which makes its use a doubtful compliment. The discriminating use of such words as able, gifted, talented, etc., is greatly preferable to an excessive use of the word clever. Compare ACUMEN; ASTUTE; POWER.

   Synonyms:
   able, adroit, apt, bright, capable, clever, dexterous, expert, gifted, happy, ingenious, intelligent, keen, knowing, quick, quick-witted, sharp, skilful, smart, talented

   Antonyms:
   awkward, bungling, clumsy, dull, foolish, idiotic, ignorant, senseless, slow, stupid, thick-headed, witless

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1. intellectual

   Synonyms:
   mental, metaphysical, psychological, inventive, learned, cultured

   Antonyms:
   unintellectual, unmetaphysical, unlearned

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1. intellectual, intellectadjective

   a person who uses the mind creatively

   Synonyms:
   mind, understanding, reason, intellect

   Antonyms:
   lowbrow, mindless, physical, lowbrowed, philistine, anti-intellectual, uncultivated, nonintellectual

2. intellectual, rational, noeticadjective

   of or associated with or requiring the use of the mind

   "intellectual problems"; "the triumph of the rational over the animal side of man"

   Synonyms:
   cerebral, rational, noetic

   Antonyms:
   anti-intellectual, uncultivated, lowbrowed, mindless, physical, lowbrow, nonintellectual, philistine

3. intellectualadjective

   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"

   Synonyms:
   cerebral, rational, noetic

   Antonyms:
   philistine, physical, nonintellectual, uncultivated, lowbrowed, mindless, lowbrow, anti-intellectual

4. cerebral, intellectualadjective

   involving intelligence rather than emotions or instinct

   "a cerebral approach to the problem"; "cerebral drama"

   Synonyms:
   cerebral, rational, noetic

   Antonyms:
   anti-intellectual, physical, mindless, uncultivated, nonintellectual, lowbrowed, philistine, lowbrow

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1. intellectualadjective

   Synonyms:
   mental, of the intellect, of the understanding

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1. List of paraphrases for "intellectual":

   intellectuelle, intelectual, knowledge, intellectuals, mental, spiritual, intelligentsia, cognitive, wisdom, thinker, knowledge-based

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1. Tony Robbins:

   For me, what I found is if you, you know, it's kind of like when you're going through hell, keep going. It's the only solution. When you get to the other side, you figure out, number one, that you're ten times stronger than you thought you were. And you don't forget that because you experience it. It's not intellectual. Secondly, you find out who your real friends and family are because, in tough times, no one else sticks around. There was grace in that because it made me so much stronger or made me care so much more.

2. Hillary Clinton:

   One of the fears that I hear from Russians is that somehow the United States wants Russia to be weak. That could not be farther from the truth. Our goal is to help strengthen Russia. We see Russia with the strong culture, with the incredible intellectual capital that Russia has, as a leader in the 21st century. And we sometimes feel like we believe more in your future than sometimes Russians do.

3. Defense Secretary Ash Carter:

   We also see great opportunities: Among them, to shift the great weight of the Department of Defense, both intellectual and physical, that has been devoted to Iraq and Afghanistan, to the Asia-Pacific region, where America will continue to play its seven-decade-old pivotal stabilizing role into the future.

4. Urs Eiholzer:

   Regular physical activity is crucial for children, it benefits perception, language, emotional skills, social behavior, in short intellectual development. Children with good motor skills can move around with greater precision, reducing the risk of accidents and developing sporting potential.

5. rahul singh:

   In well educated peoples, there two types of peoples, one who have knowledge about everything these are known as intellectual. And other is who got good but not have good knowledge these type of people known as intelligent. So be Intellectual Not Intelligent