All intellectuality synonyms
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I i noun intellectuality
- refinement β fineness or elegance of feeling, taste, manners, language, etc.
- intuition β direct perception of truth, fact, etc., independent of any reasoning process; immediate apprehension.
- ability β Your ability to do something is the fact that you can do it.
- genius β an exceptional natural capacity of intellect, especially as shown in creative and original work in science, art, music, etc.: the genius of Mozart. Synonyms: intelligence, ingenuity, wit; brains.
- intelligence β capacity for learning, reasoning, understanding, and similar forms of mental activity; aptitude in grasping truths, relationships, facts, meanings, etc.
- acumen β keenness and quickness in understanding and dealing with a situation; shrewdness
- judgment β an act or instance of judging.
- thought β Informal. the act or a period of thinking: I want to sit down and give it a good think.
- head β Edith, 1897β1981, U.S. costume designer.
- perception β the act or faculty of perceiving, or apprehending by means of the senses or of the mind; cognition; understanding.
- talent β a special natural ability or aptitude: a talent for drawing.
- power β a heavy blow or a loud, explosive noise.
- consciousness β Your consciousness is your mind and your thoughts.
- brain β Your brain is the organ inside your head that controls your body's activities and enables you to think and to feel things such as heat and pain.
- attention β If you give someone or something your attention, you look at it, listen to it, or think about it carefully.
- soul β the principle of life, feeling, thought, and action in humans, regarded as a distinct entity separate from the body, and commonly held to be separable in existence from the body; the spiritual part of humans as distinct from the physical part.
- intellect β the power or faculty of the mind by which one knows or understands, as distinguished from that by which one feels and that by which one wills; the understanding; the faculty of thinking and acquiring knowledge.
- imagination β the faculty of imagining, or of forming mental images or concepts of what is not actually present to the senses.
- instinct β an inborn pattern of activity or tendency to action common to a given biological species.
- wisdom β the quality or state of being wise; knowledge of what is true or right coupled with just judgment as to action; sagacity, discernment, or insight.
- spirit β the principle of conscious life; the vital principle in humans, animating the body or mediating between body and soul.
- cultivation β the planting, tending, improving, or harvesting of crops or plants
- knowledge β acquaintance with facts, truths, or principles, as from study or investigation; general erudition: knowledge of many things.
- savvy β experienced, knowledgable, and well-informed; shrewd (often used in combination): consumers who are savvy about prices; a tech-savvy entrepreneur.
- science β a branch of knowledge or study dealing with a body of facts or truths systematically arranged and showing the operation of general laws: the mathematical sciences.
- culture β Culture consists of activities such as the arts and philosophy, which are considered to be important for the development of civilization and of people's minds.
- learning β knowledge acquired by systematic study in any field of scholarly application.
- lore β the space between the eye and the bill of a bird, or a corresponding space in other animals, as snakes.
- pedantry β the character, qualities, practices, etc., of a pedant, especially undue display of learning.
- literacy β the quality or state of being literate, especially the ability to read and write.
- scholarship β learning; knowledge acquired by study; the academic attainments of a scholar.
- bookish β Someone who is bookish spends a lot of time reading serious books.
- letters β a person who lets, especially one who rents out property.
- studiousness β disposed or given to diligent study: a studious boy.
- learned β having much knowledge; scholarly; erudite: learned professors.
- brains β an animal's brain, cooked and eaten as food
- cerebration β the act of thinking; consideration; thought
- smarts β to be a source of sharp, local, and usually superficial pain, as a wound.
- pundit β a learned person, expert, or authority.
- mind β (in a human or other conscious being) the element, part, substance, or process that reasons, thinks, feels, wills, perceives, judges, etc.: the processes of the human mind.
- sense β any of the faculties, as sight, hearing, smell, taste, or touch, by which humans and animals perceive stimuli originating from outside or inside the body: My sense of smell tells me that dinner is ready.
- mentality β mental capacity or endowment: a person of average mentality.
- intellectual β appealing to or engaging the intellect: intellectual pursuits.
- understanding β mental process of a person who comprehends; comprehension; personal interpretation: My understanding of the word does not agree with yours.
- psyche β to intimidate or frighten psychologically, or make nervous (often followed by out): to psych out the competition.
- reason β a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.: the reason for declaring war.
- egghead β an intellectual.
- comprehension β Comprehension is the ability to understand something.
- wits β the keen perception and cleverly apt expression of those connections between ideas that awaken amusement and pleasure. Synonyms: drollery, facetiousness, waggishness, repartee.
- thinker β French Le Penseur. a bronze statue (1879β89) by Rodin.