All intelligentsia synonyms

noun intelligentsia

• sage — Alain René [a-lan ruh-ney] /aˈlɛ̃ rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1668–1747, French novelist and dramatist.
• egghead — an intellectual.
• savant — a person of profound or extensive learning; learned scholar.
• genius — 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.
• academic — Academic is used to describe things that relate to the work done in schools, colleges, and universities, especially work which involves studying and reasoning rather than practical or technical skills.
• whiz — to make a humming, buzzing, or hissing sound, as an object passing swiftly through the air.
• philosopher — a person who offers views or theories on profound questions in ethics, metaphysics, logic, and other related fields.
• bluestocking — A bluestocking is an intellectual woman.
• academician — An academician is a member of an academy, usually one which has been formed to improve or maintain standards in a particular field.
• thinker — French Le Penseur. a bronze statue (1879–89) by Rodin.
• wizard — a person who practices magic; magician or sorcerer.
• avant-garde — Avant-garde art, music, theatre, and literature is very modern and experimental.
• highbrow — a person of superior intellectual interests and tastes.
• pecking order — Animal Behavior. a dominance hierarchy, seen especially in domestic poultry, that is maintained by one bird pecking another of lower status.
• longhair — Sometimes Disparaging. an intellectual.
• intellectuals — Plural form of intellectual.
• academics — of or relating to a college, academy, school, or other educational institution, especially one for higher education: academic requirements.
• literati — Well-educated people who are interested in literature.
• highbrows — Plural form of highbrow.
• cognoscenti — The cognoscenti are the people who know a lot about a particular subject.
• calibre — The calibre of a person is the quality or standard of their ability or intelligence, especially when this is high.
• connexion — the act or state of connecting.
• estate — An area or amount of land or property, in particular.
• extraction — The action of taking out something, especially using effort or force.
• intellectual — appealing to or engaging the intellect: intellectual pursuits.
• einstein — (photochemistry) One mole of photons, regardless of frequency, as used to measure irradiance.