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/ˌɪntəˈlɛkt͡ʃʊəl/ · adjective
Pertaining to, or performed by, the intellect; mental or cognitive..
intellectual powers, activities, etc.
1920, Harold Monro, Preface to The year's at the spring; an anthology of recent poetry Pleasure is various, but it cannot exist where the emotions or the imagination have not been powerfully stirred. Whether it be called sensual or intellectual, pleasure cannot be willed
Indeed, this discovery of meaning in symbols may be the most astounding intellectual feat that any human being ever performs—and most humans perform it before they are seven years old!
an intellectual person
The Fenimore Cooper Indian is no doubt a brave and highly intellectual person, educated abroad, refined and cultivated by foreign travel, graceful in the grub dance or scalp walk-around, yet tender-hearted as a girl, walking by night fifty-seven miles in a single evening to warn his white friends of danger.
intellectual employments
A good deal of nonsense is written about sport and entertainment. Many of us can, with pleasant ease, suspend a severely intellectual task for a few hours to witness a first-class football match.
intellectual philosophy, sometimes called "mental" philosophy
Use intellectual when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Intellectual means Pertaining to, or performed by, the intellect; mental or cognitive..
Common synonyms include cerebral, intellectual, logical, mental.
Possible antonyms include nonintellectual, visceral, emotional.
intellectual powers, activities, etc.
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