INTELLECT: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for INTELLECT?

Need another word that means the same as “intellect”? Find 28 synonyms and 30 related words for “intellect” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Intellect” are: mind, intellectual, reason, understanding, brain, brains, head, intelligence, comprehension, thought, brainpower, sense, judgement, wisdom, wits, intellectual capabilities, wit, powers of reasoning, powers of comprehension, powers of thought, reasoning, mentality, perception, thinker, bluestocking, academic, scholar, sage

Intellect as a Noun

Definitions of "Intellect" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “intellect” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• A clever person.
• A person who uses the mind creatively.
• The capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination.
• Knowledge and intellectual ability.
• A person's mental powers.
• The faculty of reasoning and understanding objectively, especially with regard to abstract matters.

Synonyms of "Intellect" as a noun (28 Words)

academic	An educator who works at a college or university. The EU offers grants to academics for research on approved projects.
bluestocking	An intellectual or literary woman. A Victorian bluestocking.
brain	An electronic device with functions comparable to those of the human brain. A tiny alarm bell began to ring in her brain.
brainpower	Mental ability. Most humans use only a small fraction of their total useful brainpower.
brains	That part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord. He s got plenty of brains but no common sense.
comprehension	An ability to understand the meaning or importance of something (or the knowledge acquired as a result. Some won t have the least comprehension of what I m trying to do.
head	The head regarded as the location of intellect imagination and memory. The head of the list.
intellectual	A person who uses the mind creatively. A prominent political thinker and intellectual.
intellectual capabilities	A person who uses the mind creatively.
intelligence	A unit responsible for gathering and interpreting information about an enemy. We sent out planes to gather intelligence on their radar coverage.
judgement	(law) the determination by a court of competent jurisdiction on matters submitted to it. That is not in my judgement the end of the matter.
mentality	A habitual or characteristic mental attitude that determines how you will interpret and respond to situations. I had inherited not only my father s blood but his bourgeois mentality as well.
mind	An important intellectual. Anyone can slim if they set their mind to it.
perception	The process of perceiving. He wouldn t have accepted said my mother with unusual perception.
powers of comprehension	A mathematical notation indicating the number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself.
powers of reasoning	A mathematical notation indicating the number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself.
powers of thought	The rate of doing work; measured in watts (= joules/second.
reason	An explanation of the cause of some phenomenon. People are willing within reason to pay for schooling.
reasoning	Thinking that is coherent and logical. He explained the reasoning behind his decision at a media conference.
sage	Used in names of aromatic plants of the mint family that resemble sage e g wood sage.
scholar	A university student holding a scholarship. Mr Bell declares himself no scholar.
sense	Relating to or denoting a coding sequence of nucleotides complementary to an antisense sequence. Fortunately she had the good sense to run away.
thinker	Someone who exercises the mind (usually in an effort to reach a decision. A leading scientific thinker.
thought	The action or process of thinking. I haven t given it much thought.
understanding	The ability to understand something; comprehension. A child of sufficient intelligence and understanding.
wisdom	An Apocryphal book consisting mainly of a meditation on wisdom although ascribed to Solomon it was probably written in the first century BC. Listen to his words of wisdom.
wit	A witty person. I had the wit to realize that the only way out was up.
wits	The basic human power of intelligent thought and perception. He used his wits to get ahead.

Usage Examples of "Intellect" as a noun

• He has a keen intellect.
• He was a man of action rather than of intellect.
• Her keen intellect.
• Sapping our country of some of its brightest intellects.

Associations of "Intellect" (30 Words)

apprehensible	Capable of being apprehended or understood. A bat whirred apprehensible only from the displacement of air.
awareness	State of elementary or undifferentiated consciousness. There is a lack of awareness of the risks.
cognition	A perception sensation idea or intuition resulting from the process of cognition.
cognizance	The action of taking judicial notice. The Renaissance cognizance of Greece was limited.
comprehensible	Able to be understood; intelligible. An idea comprehensible to the average mind.
comprehension	The inclusion of Nonconformists within the Established Church of England (as proposed in the 17th to 19th centuries but not adopted). How you can do that is beyond my comprehension.
consciousness	Having knowledge of. Consciousness emerges from the operations of the brain.
considerateness	Kind and considerate regard for others.
empathetic	Showing an ability to understand and share the feelings of another. A sensitive and empathetic school counselor.
erudition	The quality of having or showing great knowledge or learning; scholarship. He was known for his wit erudition and teaching skills.
expertise	Skillfulness by virtue of possessing special knowledge. Technical expertise.
generalist	A person competent in several different fields or activities. A statistician has to be something of a generalist.
highbrow	A highbrow person. She considered all those without television as highbrows intellectual snobs or paupers.
informed	(of a decision or judgement) based on an understanding of the facts of the situation. The informed customer.
inkling	A slight knowledge or suspicion; a hint. He had no inkling what was about to happen.
judgment	The mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations. He was reluctant to make his judgment known.
know	The fact of being aware of information that is known to few people. I know that the President lied to the people.
knowledge	Facts, information, and skills acquired through experience or education; the theoretical or practical understanding of a subject. A thirst for knowledge.
learn	Commit to memory learn by heart. We learn from experience.
learned	Showing, requiring, or characterized by learning; scholarly. My learned friend.
literati	Well-educated people who are interested in literature.
mindset	A habitual or characteristic mental attitude that determines how you will interpret and respond to situations. The region seems stuck in a medieval mindset.
sapiential	Characterized by wisdom, especially the wisdom of God. I saw them as sapiential metaphors far more meaningful than their didactic pretext.
savvy	The cognitive condition of someone who understands. Most of us are pretty web savvy.
smart	(of an object) bright and fresh in appearance. You look very smart.
thinking	Thoughts; meditations. His thinking is reflected in his later autobiography.
thoughtfulness	Consideration for the needs of other people. Her generosity and thoughtfulness was unbounded.
understanding	Characterized by understanding based on comprehension and discernment and empathy. People expect their doctor to be understanding.
wakefulness	The process of paying close and continuous attention. Accept your wakefulness and sleep in its own contrary way is more likely to come.
wisdom	An Apocryphal book consisting mainly of a meditation on wisdom although ascribed to Solomon it was probably written in the first century BC. Eastern wisdom.