high ‧ brow /ˈhaɪbraʊ/ BrE AmE adjective
1 . a highbrow book, film etc is very serious and may be difficult to understand
2 . someone who is highbrow is interested in serious or complicated ideas and subjects SYN intellectual
—highbrow noun [countable]
⇨ ↑ lowbrow , ↑ middlebrow