intellectual
adjective
1. of or associated with or requiring the use of the mind
- intellectual problems
Similar word(s): mental, noetic, rational
2. having the power of understanding; characterized by intelligence or mental capacity; smart.
- intellectual workers engaged in creative literary or artistic or scientific labor
- sort of the intellectual type
- intellectual literature
Similar word(s): educated, highbrow, highbrowed, rational, reflective, good, serious, sophisticated, mental, scholarly
3. involving intelligence rather than emotions or instinct
Similar word(s): cerebral