n. 25B6; adjective his work has a highbrow following : INTELLECTUAL, scholarly, bookish, academic, educated, donnish, bluestocking; sophisticated, erudite, learned; informal brainy, egghead.
lowbrow.
25B6; noun highbrows who hate pop music : INTELLECTUAL, scholar, academic, bluestocking, bookish person, thinker; informal egghead, brain, bookworm; Brit. informal brainbox, boffin; N. Amer. informal brainiac.