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Intellect Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Intellect? [n] knowledge and intellectual ability; "he reads to improve his mind"; "he has a keen intellect" [n] the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination; "we are told that man is endowed with reason and capable of distinguishing good from evil" [n] a person who uses the mind creatively Synonyms \| Synonyms for Intellect: intellectual \| mind \| reason \| understanding Related Terms \| Find terms related to Intellect: apprehension \| authority \| Brahmin \| brain \| brains \| brainworker \| caliber \| capacity \| cleverness \| common sense \| comprehension \| conception \| consciousness \| deductive power \| doctor \| egghead \| elder \| elder statesman \| esemplastic power \| genius \| great soul \| guru \| head \| highbrow \| ideation \| illuminate \| integrative power \| intellectual \| intellectual grasp \| intellectual power \| intellectualism \| intellectualist \| intellectuality \| intelligence \| intelligence quotient \| intuition \| IQ \| judgement \| knowledge \| literate \| lover of wisdom \| mahatma \| man of intellect \| man of wisdom \| mandarin \| master \| mastermind \| mental age \| mental capacity \| mental grasp \| mental ratio \| mentality \| mentor \| mind \| mother wit \| native wit \| oracle \| philosopher \| power of mind \| pundit \| rabbi \| rationality \| reason \| reasonableness \| reasoning power \| rishi \| sage \| sanity \| sapient \| savant \| scholar \| scope of mind \| seer \| sense \| starets \| thinker \| thinking power \| understanding \| white-collar intellectual \| wise man \| wise old man \| wit See Also \| alchemist \| anomalist \| aphorist \| arranger \| bel esprit \| bibliophile \| book lover \| booklover \| bookworm \| brain \| brainworker \| classifier \| clever clogs \| clever Dick \| creative thinker \| decipherer \| decoder \| doubter \| egghead \| exponent \| faculty \| genius \| highbrow \| human \| illusionist \| individual \| intelligence \| introvert \| man of science \| mastermind \| mental faculty \| mentor \| mind \| module \| mortal \| optimist \| organiser \| organizer \| pedant \| person \| philosopher \| philosophiser \| philosophizer \| ratiocinator \| reasoner \| sceptic \| scholar \| scholarly person \| scholastic \| scientist \| seer \| skeptic \| somebody \| someone \| soul \| specifier \| speculator \| student \| subjectivist \| synthesiser \| synthesist \| synthesizer \| theologian \| theologiser \| theologist \| theologizer \| theoretician \| theoriser \| theorist \| theorizer \| thinker \| visionary \| wise man \| wonderer Intellect In Webster's Dictionary \In"tel*lect\, n. [L. intellectus, fr. intelligere, intellectum, to understand: cf. intellect. See {Intelligent}.] (Metaph.) The part or faculty of the human soul by which it knows, as distinguished from the power to feel and to will; sometimes, the capacity for higher forms of knowledge, as distinguished from the power to perceive objects in their relations; the power to judge and comprehend; the thinking faculty; the understanding.

Intellect Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Intellect?

[n] knowledge and intellectual ability; "he reads to improve his mind"; "he has a keen intellect"
[n] the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination; "we are told that man is endowed with reason and capable of distinguishing good from evil"
[n] a person who uses the mind creatively

Synonyms | Synonyms for Intellect: intellectual | mind | reason | understanding

Intellect In Webster's Dictionary

\In"tel*lect\, n. [L. intellectus, fr. intelligere,
intellectum, to understand: cf. intellect. See
{Intelligent}.] (Metaph.)
The part or faculty of the human soul by which it knows, as
distinguished from the power to feel and to will; sometimes,
the capacity for higher forms of knowledge, as distinguished
from the power to perceive objects in their relations; the
power to judge and comprehend; the thinking faculty; the
understanding.

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