Definition of intellectual

Scrabble & Words with friends points


  • intellectual is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 14
  • intellectual is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 14
  • intellectual is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 20

Definition of intellectual


  • of or associated with or requiring the use of the mind (adjective)

    Examples

    1. intellectual problems

    Synonyms

    1. noetic
    2. rational
  • involving intelligence rather than emotions or instinct (adjective)

    Synonyms

    1. cerebral
  • a person who uses the mind creatively (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. intellect
  • appealing to or using the intellect (adjective)

    Examples

    1. satire is an intellectual weapon
    2. intellectual workers engaged in creative literary or artistic or scientific labor
    3. has tremendous intellectual sympathy for oppressed people
    4. coldly intellectual
    5. sort of the intellectual type
    6. intellectual literature

See definition of intellectual in Merriam Webster