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- pronunciation:
- In
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lek
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- parts of speech:
- adjective, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective, noun), Word Explorer, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
of or relating to the intellect.
He preferred intellectual challenges to physical ones.- synonyms:
- cerebral, mental, rational
- antonyms:
- carnal, physical, sensual
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| definition 2: |
having great mental capacity.
- synonyms:
- brainy, intelligent, profound
- antonyms:
- stupid
- similar words:
- brilliant, clever, deep, ingenious, smart
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| definition 3: |
devoted to study, speculation, and abstract mental activity.
- synonyms:
- academic, speculative
- similar words:
- contemplative, erudite, learned, literate, scholarly, studious, theoretical
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| related words: |
abstract, academic, bright, intelligent, luminous, rational |
adverb + (adj.)intellectual
merely, purely
(adj.)intellectual
+ noun
ability,
achievement,
assessment,
asset,
atmosphere,
capability,
capacity,
capital,
challenge,
circle,
climate,
competence,
content,
copyright,
curiosity,
current,
debate,
depth,
development,
disability,
discipline,
discourse,
dishonesty,
diversity,
elite,
endeavor,
engagement,
excellence,
excitement,
exercise,
fashion,
framework,
freedom,
functioning,
giftedness,
heritage,
historian,
history,
honesty,
independence,
inquiry,
insight,
integrity,
legacy,
milieu,
potential,
property,
protection,
prowess,
pursuit,
realm,
revolution,
right,
rigor,
skill,
stimulation,
superiority,
thinking,
tradition,
understanding,
venture,
virtue
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition: |
a person of high intellect, often considered to be one of a group or class of such persons.
- antonyms:
- dunce
- similar words:
- academic, bluestocking, egghead, highbrow, intellect, literate, longhair, man of letters, mind, philosopher, savant, scholar
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| related words: |
doctor, genius |
adjective + (n.)intellectual
conservative, contemporary, leading, liberal, literary, middle-class, modern, organic, progressive, prominent, public, secular, urban, western
(n.)intellectual
+ verb
engage, function
noun + (n.)intellectual
academic, artist, generation, leftist, scholar, writer
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| derivations: |
intellectually (adv.), intellectuality (n.) |
The word intellectual
contains the following part:
-al2, -ial, -ual
Latin
adjective-forming suffix
that means pertaining to
  More about this word part:
The suffix -al2, -ial
attaches primarily to nouns ( national
, environmental
) but sometimes to Latin or Greek roots ( final
, capital
, comical
) to form adjectives. See also -ar1.
Example words:
abnormal, accidental, additional, aerial, agricultural, ancestral, annual, arboreal, artificial, astral, bacterial, biblical, biographical, brutal, capital, central, ceremonial, chemical, classical, clinical, coastal, colonial, comical, commercial, confidential, constitutional, continental, continual, controversial, conventional, criminal, critical, crucial, cultural, cylindrical, dental, detrimental, developmental, economical, editorial, educational, electrical, emotional, environmental, essential, equal, exceptional, experimental, facial, factual, federal, final, financial, floral, fluvial, formal, functional, fundamental, general, global, grammatical, guttural, habitual, historical, hysterical, illogical, immoral, impersonal, impractical, individual, industrial, ineffectual, influential, internal, legal, local, logical, lyrical, magical, maniacal, mathematical, memorial, mental, moral, mortal, musical, mythical, national, natural, nautical, neutral, normal, official, parental, pastoral, personal, philosophical, plural, pluralism, pluralistic, political, potential, quizzical, racial, rational, regional, irrational, intellectual, rhythmical, sacrificial, seasonal, spinal, spiritual, technological, territorial, theatrical, thermal, tidal, traditional, tribal, typical, universal, unnatural, veridical, verbal, virtual, vocal, visual
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