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Synonyms for intellect
ˈɪn tlˌɛktin·tel·lect
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
intellect
Mind, in a general sense, includes all the powers of sentient being apart from the physical factors in bodily faculties and activities; in a limited sense, mind is nearly synonymous with intellect, but includes disposition, or the tendency toward action, as appears in the phrase "to have a mind to work." As the seat of mental activity, brain (colloquially brains) is often used as a synonym for mind, intellect, intelligence. Thought, the act, process, or power of thinking, is often used to denote the thinking faculty, and especially the reason. The instinct of animals is now held by many philosophers to be of the same nature as the intellect of man, but inferior and limited; yet the apparent difference is very great.
An instinct is a propensity prior to experience and independent of instruction.
Paley Natural Philosophy ch. 18.In this sense we speak of human instincts, thus denoting tendencies independent of reasoning or instruction. The soul includes the intellect, sensibilities, and will; beyond what is expressed by the word mind, the soul denotes especially the moral, the immortal nature; we say of a dead body, the soul (not the mind) has fled. Spirit is used especially in contradistinction from matter; it may in many cases be substituted for soul, but soul has commonly a fuller and more determinate meaning; we can conceive of spirits as having no moral nature; the fairies, elves, and brownies of mythology might be termed spirits, but not souls. In the figurative sense, spirit denotes animation, excitability, perhaps impatience; as, a lad of spirit; he sang with spirit; he replied with spirit. Soul denotes energy and depth of feeling, as when we speak of soulful eyes; or it may denote the very life of anything; as, "the hidden soul of harmony,"
Milton L'Allegro l. 144. Sense may be an antonym of intellect, as when we speak of the sense of hearing; but sense is used also as denoting clear mental action, good judgment, acumen; as, he is a man of sense, or, he showed good sense; sense, even in its material signification, must be reckoned among the activities of mind, tho dependent on bodily functions; the mind, not the eye, really sees; the mind, not the ear, really hears. Consciousness includes all that a sentient being perceives, knows, thinks, or feels, from whatever source arising and of whatever character, kind, or degree, whether with or without distinct thinking, feeling, or willing; we speak of the consciousness of the brute, of the savage, or of the sage. The intellect is that assemblage of faculties which is concerned with knowledge, as distinguished from emotion and volition. Understanding is the Saxon word of the same general import, but is chiefly used of the reasoning powers; the understanding, which Sir Wm. Hamilton has called "the faculty of relations and comparisons," is distinguished by many philosophers from reason in that "reason is the faculty of the higher cognitions or a priori truth."Synonyms:
brain, consciousness, disposition, instinct, intelligence, mind, reason, reason, sense, soul, spirit, thought, understandingAntonyms:
body, brawn, brute force, material substance, matter
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
intellect
Synonyms:
understanding, mind, reason, instinct, consciousness, sense, brains, ability, talent, geniusAntonyms:
matter, mechanism, organization, force, growth, propension, passion
Princeton's WordNet
mind, intellectnoun
knowledge and intellectual ability
"he reads to improve his mind"; "he has a keen intellect"
Synonyms:
intellectual, head, idea, brain, reason, mind, creative thinker, nous, understanding, thinker, psyche, judgment, judgementreason, understanding, intellectnoun
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"
Synonyms:
rationality, savvy, apprehension, discernment, cause, reason, grounds, reasonableness, intellectual, agreement, ground, mind, sympathy, understandingintellectual, intellectnoun
a person who uses the mind creatively
Synonyms:
mind, intellectual, understanding, reason
Dictionary of English Synonymes
intellectnoun
Synonyms:
understanding, reason, mind, sense, brains, thinking principle, reasoning faculty, rational faculty, discursive faculty, intellectual powers, intellectual faculties
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Words popularity by usage frequency
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#692 | head | |
#708 | agreement | |
#991 | thought | |
#1074 | mind | |
#1223 | cause | |
#1234 | idea | |
#1246 | reason | |
#1346 | ground | |
#1568 | sense | |
#1589 | ability | |
#1670 | understanding | |
#2181 | spirit | |
#2386 | brain | |
#2403 | soul | |
#2526 | intelligence | |
#3740 | intellectual | |
#4456 | judgment | |
#5087 | grounds | |
#5170 | talent | |
#5174 | wisdom | |
#7686 | consciousness | |
#8200 | genius | |
#9224 | disposition | |
#9861 | sympathy | |
#12068 | judgement | |
#12786 | brains | |
#13468 | savvy | |
#16315 | nous | |
#17800 | instinct | |
#19073 | intellect | |
#24046 | psyche | |
#24420 | thinker | |
#28537 | rationality | |
#30578 | apprehension | |
#34622 | reasonableness | |
#44038 | discernment |
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He totally gets South Carolina. His political skills and his intellect are as good as it gets in the party. I rely on that a lot and have a real friendship with him, he's so skilled and he understands the entire country. He understands urban America, rural America. He understands that a lot of the problems these communities face are the same.
Governing sense, mind and intellect, intent on liberation, free from desire, fear and anger, the sage is forever free.
The heart is wiser than the intellect.
None speak of the bravery, the might, or the intellect of Jesus; but the devil is always imagined as a being of acute intellect, political cunning, and the fiercest courage. These universal and instinctive tendencies of the human mind reveal much.
Live by what you believe so fully that your life blossoms, or else purge the fear-and-guilt producing beliefs from your life. When people believe one thing and do something else, they are inviting misery. If you give yourself the name, play the game. When you believe something you don't follow with your heart, intellect, and body, it hurts. Don't do that to yourself. Live your belief, or let that belief go. If you are not actively living a belief, it's not really your belief, anyway.
Translations for intellect
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- عقلArabic
- аҡылBashkir
- IntellektGerman
- διάνοιαGreek
- intelectoSpanish
- عقلPersian
- äly, älykkö, järki, ajattelijaFinnish
- बुद्धिHindi
- խելք, բանականությունArmenian
- intellettoItalian
- 知性Japanese
- 지력Korean
- ihomatuaMāori
- bíniʼNavajo, Navaho
- intelecto, intelectualPortuguese
- intelectual, intelectuală, intelectRomanian
- ра́зум, ум, интелле́кт, интеллектуа́лRussian
- عقلUrdu
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