I. adjective
1.
Synonyms: mental 1, cerebral, intellective, psychic, psychical, psychological
Contrasted words: animal, fleshly, sensual
Antonyms: carnal
2.
devoted to or engaged in the creative use of the intellect
the play appealed to the intellectual members of the audience
Synonyms: cerebral, highbrow, highbrowed, intellectualistic
II. noun
1.
Synonyms: intellect 2, brain, intelligence
2.
a person who possesses or has pretensions of strong intellectual interest or superiority
accused of being an intellectual and a snob
Synonyms: Brahmin, double-dome, egghead, highbrow
3.
intellectuals plural
Synonyms: intelligentsia , clerisy, illuminati, literati