Antonyms for intellectual
ˌɪn tlˈɛk tʃu əlin·tel·lec·tu·al

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1. intellectualnoun

   Antonyms:
   non-intellectual

2. intellectualnoun

   Belonging to, or performed by, the intellect; mental; as, intellectual powers, activities, etc.

   Antonyms:
   non-intellectual

3. intellectualadjective

   Endowed with intellect; having the power of understanding; having capacity for the higher forms of knowledge or thought; characterized by intelligence or mental capacity; as, an intellectual person.

   Antonyms:
   non-intellectual

4. intellectualadjective

   Antonyms:
   non-intellectual

5. intellectualadjective

   Antonyms:
   non-intellectual

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1. intellectual

   Clever, as used in England, especially implies an aptitude for study or learning, and for excellent tho not preeminent mental achievement. The early New England usage as implying simple and weak good nature has largely affected the use of the word throughout the United States, where it has never been much in favor. Smart, indicating dashing ability, is now coming to have a suggestion of unscrupulousness, similar to that of the word sharp, which makes its use a doubtful compliment. The discriminating use of such words as able, gifted, talented, etc., is greatly preferable to an excessive use of the word clever. Compare ACUMEN; ASTUTE; POWER.

   Antonyms:
   awkward, bungling, clumsy, dull, foolish, idiotic, ignorant, senseless, slow, stupid, thick-headed, witless

   Synonyms:
   able, adroit, apt, bright, capable, clever, dexterous, expert, gifted, happy, ingenious, intelligent, keen, knowing, quick, quick-witted, sharp, skilful, smart, talented

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1. intellectual

   Antonyms:
   unintellectual, unmetaphysical, unlearned

   Synonyms:
   mental, metaphysical, psychological, inventive, learned, cultured

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. intellectual, intellectadjective

   a person who uses the mind creatively

   Antonyms:
   lowbrow, mindless, physical, lowbrowed, philistine, anti-intellectual, uncultivated, nonintellectual

   Synonyms:
   mind, understanding, reason, intellect

2. intellectual, rational, noeticadjective

   of or associated with or requiring the use of the mind

   "intellectual problems"; "the triumph of the rational over the animal side of man"

   Antonyms:
   anti-intellectual, uncultivated, lowbrowed, mindless, physical, lowbrow, nonintellectual, philistine

   Synonyms:
   cerebral, rational, noetic

3. intellectualadjective

   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"

   Antonyms:
   philistine, physical, nonintellectual, uncultivated, lowbrowed, mindless, lowbrow, anti-intellectual

   Synonyms:
   cerebral, rational, noetic

4. cerebral, intellectualadjective

   involving intelligence rather than emotions or instinct

   "a cerebral approach to the problem"; "cerebral drama"

   Antonyms:
   anti-intellectual, physical, mindless, uncultivated, nonintellectual, lowbrowed, philistine, lowbrow

   Synonyms:
   cerebral, rational, noetic

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1. low-brow

   Submitted by anonymous on May 19, 2021  

How to use intellectual in a sentence?

1. Purdue Pharma:

   Lest there by any confusion, let me be clear. The entirety of Purdue means just that, your honor, 100 % of Purdue's assets -- including its sizeable cash position of more than $ 1 billion, all of its products, revenues, contract rights, intellectual property, insurance proceeds, as well as its accumulated expertise, knowledge, and manufacturing capability.

2. Sydney Harris:

   The three hardest tasks in the world are neither physical feats nor intellectual achievements, but moral acts to return love for hate, to include the excluded, and to say, I was wrong.

3. Nury Turkel:

   Everyone seems to be in the pocket of the CCP, whether it be policymakers, whether it be business leaders, the athletes, the Hollywood stars, for lack of a better word, intellectual snobs. They all seem to be either afraid of the Chinese regime or doing the bidding for the Chinese.

4. Brian Kammer:

   The intellectual disability community, which has strongly supported Mr. Hill's case for many years, joined his legal team in the belief that the Supreme Court would step in and prevent Georgia's flagrant disregard of the Constitution on behalf of the rights of people with disabilities.

5. Deputy CEO:

   We are very open to transfer technology, to sharing intellectual property rights with India.

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