intellect

English Thesaurus

1. knowledge and intellectual ability (noun.cognition)

hypernym	:	intelligence,
definition	:	the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience (noun.cognition)

attribute	:	intellectual,
definition	:	appealing to or using the intellect (adj.all)

attribute	:	nonintellectual,
definition	:	not intellectual (adj.all)

2. the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination (noun.cognition)

hypernym	:	faculty, mental faculty, module,
definition	:	one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind (noun.cognition)

3. a person who uses the mind creatively (noun.person)

hypernym	:	individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul,
definition	:	a human being (noun.tops)

hyponym	:	anomalist,
definition	:	someone who has a special interest in exceptional cases (noun.person)

hyponym	:	exponent,
definition	:	someone who expounds and interprets or explains (noun.person)

hyponym	:	alchemist,
definition	:	one who was versed in the practice of alchemy and who sought an elixir of life and a panacea and an alkahest and the philosopher's stone (noun.person)

hyponym	:	aphorist,
definition	:	someone who formulates aphorisms or who repeats aphorisms (noun.person)

hyponym	:	bel esprit,
definition	:	a witty or clever person with a fine mind (noun.person)

hyponym	:	clever clogs, clever dick,
definition	:	an intellectual who is ostentatiously and irritatingly knowledgeable (noun.person)

hyponym	:	decipherer, decoder,
definition	:	the kind of intellectual who converts messages from a code to plain text (noun.person)

hyponym	:	egghead,
definition	:	an intellectual; a very studious and academic person (noun.person)

hyponym	:	expositor, expounder,
definition	:	a person who explains (noun.person)

hyponym	:	brain, brainiac, einstein, genius, mastermind,
definition	:	someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality (noun.person)

hyponym	:	highbrow,
definition	:	a person of intellectual or erudite tastes (noun.person)

hyponym	:	mentor, wise man,
definition	:	a wise and trusted guide and advisor (noun.person)

hyponym	:	bookman, scholar, scholarly person, student,
definition	:	a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines (noun.person)

hyponym	:	doubter, sceptic, skeptic,
definition	:	someone who habitually doubts accepted beliefs (noun.person)

hyponym	:	specifier,
definition	:	someone who draws up specifications giving details (as for obtaining a patent) (noun.person)

hyponym	:	subjectivist,
definition	:	a person who subscribes to subjectivism (noun.person)

hyponym	:	synthesiser, synthesist, synthesizer,
definition	:	an intellectual who synthesizes or uses synthetic methods (noun.person)

hyponym	:	idealogue, theoretician, theoriser, theorist, theorizer,
definition	:	someone who theorizes (especially in science or art) (noun.person)

hyponym	:	creative thinker, mind, thinker,
definition	:	an important intellectual (noun.person)

hyponym	:	thinker,
definition	:	someone who exercises the mind (usually in an effort to reach a decision) (noun.person)

hyponym	:	illusionist, seer, visionary,
definition	:	a person with unusual powers of foresight (noun.person)

hyponym	:	wonderer,
definition	:	someone who is curious about something (noun.person)

4. knowledge and intellectual ability (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	cerebral, intellectual,
definition	:	involving intelligence rather than emotions or instinct (adj.all)

5. the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	reason,
definition	:	think logically (verb.cognition)

derivation	:	conclude, reason, reason out,
definition	:	decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion (verb.cognition)

derivation	:	argue, reason,
definition	:	present reasons and arguments (verb.communication)

6. knowledge and intellectual ability (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	cerebral, intellectual,
definition	:	involving intelligence rather than emotions or instinct (adj.all)

7. the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	reason,
definition	:	think logically (verb.cognition)

derivation	:	conclude, reason, reason out,
definition	:	decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion (verb.cognition)

derivation	:	argue, reason,
definition	:	present reasons and arguments (verb.communication)