Dictionary Entry
intellectual
intellectual is a 12-letter English word with 9 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Belonging to, or performed by, the intellect; mental; as, intellectual powers, activities, etc. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
12 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 20 · 9 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
Belonging to, or performed by, the intellect; mental; as, intellectual powers, activities, etc.
- 2adjective
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.
- 3adjective
Suitable for exercising the intellect; formed by, and existing for, the intellect alone; perceived by the intellect; as, intellectual employments.
- 4adjective
Relating to the understanding; treating of the mind; as, intellectual philosophy, sometimes called "mental" philosophy.
- 5noun
The intellect or understanding; mental powers or faculties.
- 6noun
a person who uses the mind creatively
Synonyms
- 7adjective
appealing to or using the intellect
"satire is an intellectual weapon"
"intellectual workers engaged in creative literary or artistic or scientific labor"
- 8adjective
of or associated with or requiring the use of the mind
"intellectual problems"
"the triumph of the rational over the animal side of man"
- 9adjective
involving intelligence rather than emotions or instinct
"a cerebral approach to the problem"
"cerebral drama"
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