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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 3040 COCA: 2857

intellectual
1 intellectual /ˌɪntəˈlɛktʃəwəl/ adjective
1 intellectual
/ˌɪntəˈlɛktʃəwəl/
adjective
Learner's definition of INTELLECTUAL
1 
: of or relating to the ability to think in a logical way智力的
2 
[more intellectual; most intellectual]
a  : involving serious study and thought需智力的；用脑力的
b  of a person : smart and enjoying serious study and thought善于学习和思考的；能运用聪明才智的

— intellectually

/ˌɪntəˈlɛktʃəwəli/ adverb
2 intellectual /ˌɪntəˈlɛktʃəwəl/ noun
plural intellectuals
2 intellectual
/ˌɪntəˈlɛktʃəwəl/
noun
plural intellectuals
Learner's definition of INTELLECTUAL
[count]
: a smart person who enjoys serious study and thought : an intellectual person知识分子；脑力劳动者
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 3040 COCA: 2857

intellectual

1 of 2

adjective

in·​tel·​lec·​tu·​al ˌin-tə-ˈlek-chə-wəl How to pronounce intellectual (audio)
-chəl,
-shwəl,
-chü(-ə)l
1
a
: of or relating to the intellect or its use
b
: developed or chiefly guided by the intellect rather than by emotion or experience : rational
c
: requiring use of the intellect
intellectual games
2
a
: given to study, reflection, and speculation
b
: engaged in activity requiring the creative use of the intellect
intellectual playwrights
intellectuality
ˌin-tə-ˌlek-chə-ˈwa-lə-tē How to pronounce intellectual (audio)
noun
intellectually
ˌin-tə-ˈlek-chə-wə-lē How to pronounce intellectual (audio)
-chə-lē
-shwə-lē
-chü(-ə)-lē
adverb
intellectualness
ˌin-tə-ˈlek-chə-wəl-nəs How to pronounce intellectual (audio)
-chəl-
-shwəl-
-chü(-ə)l-
noun

intellectual

2 of 2

noun

1
: an intellectual person
2
intellectuals plural, archaic : intellectual powers

Synonyms

Adjective

Noun

Example Sentences

Adjective the social and intellectual life of the campus as the daughter of college professors, she's used to being around intellectual people Noun He thinks that he's an intellectual, but he doesn't know what he's talking about. She's a hard worker but she's no great intellectual. a café where artists and intellectuals mingle
Recent Examples on the Web
Adjective
People with intellectual disabilities can vote in most states. Asia Fields, ProPublica, 12 Sep. 2022 Shot in Jeddah, the film portrays six Saudis with intellectual disabilities and follows them for a year in their lives, weaving in interviews with their families. Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 6 Sep. 2022 TRU Colors said that Taylor never mentioned Shane Simpson in those days, and that a more immediate inspiration was the coffee shop Bitty & Beau’s, which employs people with intellectual disabilities. Charles Bethea, The New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2022 Not unlike the academic boycotts after Tiananmen, in each of these instances, there are serious, valid concerns about intellectual freedom and attendee safety. WIRED, 26 Aug. 2022 The unit mix will designate 23 units for adults with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities. Beck Andrew Salgado, Journal Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2022 Beyond fighting for racial equality, Erskine also has been a fierce advocate for people with intellectual disabilities. The Indianapolis Star, 12 Aug. 2022 This moment may be particularly dangerous for students’ intellectual freedom, but restricting what kids read is nothing new. Kate Cray, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2022 Sometimes, forgetting why we cherish intellectual freedom leads to ordinary tyranny. Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, 18 Feb. 2022
Noun
Kara-Murza is a prominent opposition leader and Russian intellectual who has written dozens of columns for The Post critical of Putin’s regime. Washington Post, 22 Apr. 2022 For an academic whose subject was historic musicology, Taruskin made a considerable splash as a public intellectual who published extensively in the New York Times, the New Republic and elsewhere. Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2022 My dad was a deep thinker, an intellectual, a man with a vocabulary as big as his heart. Annie Lane, oregonlive, 19 June 2022 In September, 1989, Adam Michnik, a Polish intellectual and a leader of the Solidarity movement, came to Ukraine to speak at Rukh’s first congress. David Remnick, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2022 Richard Taruskin, a commanding musicologist and public intellectual whose polemical scholarship and criticism upended conventional classical music history, died early Friday in Oakland, California. William Robin, BostonGlobe.com, 2 July 2022 As readers might expect from the title, the influence of W.E.B. Du Bois, a leading Black intellectual and sociologist who lived from 1868 to 1963, is present throughout. Samantha Laine Perfas, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 May 2022 Being an in-demand, and somewhat reluctant, public intellectual has left Robinson struggling to find time to start a new novel. New York Times, 11 May 2022 As the historian Simon Sebag Montefiore’s work has shown, Stalin was a genuine Marxist intellectual who believed in class warfare and the evils of the bourgeoisie as much as any student at the Sorbonne. Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 16 May 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

Adjective

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Noun

1599, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Time Traveler
The first known use of intellectual was in the 15th century

Phrases Containing intellectual
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 3040 COCA: 2857

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