intellect
Plural: intellects
Noun
- knowledge and intellectual ability
- "he has a keen intellect"
- the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination
- a person who uses the mind creatively
- The faculty of thinking, judging, abstract reasoning, and conceptual understanding; the cognitive faculty.
- The capacity of that faculty (in a particular person).
- A person who has that faculty to a great degree.
Examples
- Intellect is one of man's greatest powers.
- Some of the world's leading intellects were meeting there.
- They were chosen because of their outstanding intellect.
Origin / Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin intellēctus (“understanding, intellect”), perfect passive participle of Latin intellegō (“understand; reason”), from inter (“between, among”) + legō (“read”), with connotation of bind.
Synonyms
intellectual, mind, reason, understanding, brain, brains, brightness, cleverness, head, intellect, intelligence, judgment, nous, psyche, smartness, smarts, wit
Scrabble Score: 11
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