intellectual meaning and definition

INTELLECTUAL noun

Definition of intellectual (noun)

1. a person who uses the mind creatively
   • synonyms: intellect

INTELLECTUAL adjective

Definition of intellectual (adjective)

1. of or associated with or requiring the use of the mind
   • "intellectual problems"; "the triumph of the rational over the animal side of man"
   • synonyms: noetic, rational
2. appealing to or using the intellect
   • "satire is an intellectual weapon"; "intellectual workers engaged in creative literary or artistic or scientific labor"; "has tremendous intellectual sympathy for oppressed people"; "coldly intellectual"; "sort of the intellectual type"; "intellectual literature"
   • antonym: nonintellectual
3. involving intelligence rather than emotions or instinct
   • "a cerebral approach to the problem"; "cerebral drama"
   • synonyms: cerebral
   • antonym: emotional