intellect | Definition of intellect

Synonyms and Antonyms of intellect

1 a very smart person

one of the finest intellects of our time

Synonyms of intellect

brain, brainiac, genius, thinker, whiz, wiz, wizard

Words Related to intellect

polyhistor, polymath, Renaissance man

blue, bluestocking, highbrow, intellectual

egghead, geek, longhair, nerd

master, virtuoso

ace, crackerjack (also crackajack), natural

Near Antonyms of intellect

ignoramus, illiterate, know-nothing, lowbrow

anti-intellectual, philistine

ass, donkey, fool, jackass

beast, boor, cad, churl, clown, creep, cretin, cur, heel, jerk, louse, lout, skunk, snake, stinker

Antonyms of intellect

blockhead, dodo, dolt, dope, dumbbell, dummy, dunce, fathead, goon, half-wit, hammerhead, idiot, imbecile, knucklehead, moron, nitwit, numskull (or numbskull), pinhead

2 the ability to learn and understand or to deal with problems

a child of great intellect as well as artistic talent

Synonyms of intellect

brain(s), brainpower, gray matter, headpiece, intellectuality, intelligence, mentality, reason, sense, smarts

Words Related to intellect

eggheadedness, highbrowism, intellectualism

braininess, brilliance

acumen, alertness, apprehension, astuteness, discernment, discriminability, insight, judgment (or judgement), perception, percipience, perspicacity

common sense, horse sense, mother wit

aptitude, talent

sagacity, sapience, wisdom, wit

head, mind, skull

Near Antonyms of intellect

denseness, density, doltishness, dopiness, dullness (also dulness), dumbness, fatuity, feeblemindedness, foolishness, half-wittedness, idiocy, imbecility, senselessness, simpleness, slowness, stupidity