intellectual
of or associated with or requiring the use of the mind
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,999 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 5,449 times across 173,849 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
adjective
- of or associated with or requiring the use of the mind also: rational, noetic intellectual problemsthe triumph of the rational over the animal side of man
- appealing to or using the intellect satire is an intellectual weaponintellectual workers engaged in creative literary or artistic or scientific labor
- involving intelligence rather than emotions or instinct also: cerebral a cerebral approach to the problemcerebral drama
noun
- a person who uses the mind creatively also: intellect
intellectual in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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But the Major's head, though upside down, was perfectly clear and intellectual.
The Club of Queer Trades · G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton · Chapter 1
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Charles Thorndyke, an English gentleman, had yellow hair and mustache, blue eyes and a fine intellectual face.
The Land of the Changing Sun · Will N. (Will Nathaniel) Harben · Chapter 1
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So there are families which refine themselves into intellectual aptitude without having had much opportunity for intellectual acquirements.
Elsie Venner · Oliver Wendell Holmes · Chapter 1
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Why, my dear Basil, he is a Narcissus, and you—well, of course you have an intellectual expression and all that.
The Picture of Dorian Gray · Oscar Wilde · Chapter 1
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At Boston chiefly, if not at Boston alone, was there a vigorous intellectual life among such authors as I have named.
My First Visit to New England, and Others · William Dean Howells · Chapter 1