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Intellect

/ˈɪntəlɛkt/

The faculty of thinking, judging, abstract reasoning, and conceptual understanding; the cognitive faculty (uncountable)

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📖 Definitions of "Intellect"

noun

1
The faculty of thinking, judging, abstract reasoning, and conceptual understanding; the cognitive faculty (uncountable)
"Intellect is one of man's greatest powers."
2
The capacity of that faculty (in a particular person) (uncountable)
"They were chosen because of their outstanding intellect."
3
A person who has that faculty to a great degree
"Some of the world's leading intellects were meeting there."

🔄 Synonyms of "Intellect"

4 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
understandingnoun	(uncountable) The act of one that understands or comprehends; the mental process of discernment of meaning.
mindnoun	The capability for rational thought.
intellectualnoun	Endowed with intellect; having a keen sense of understanding; having the capacity for higher forms of knowledge or thought; characterized by intelligence or cleverness
reasonnoun	(uncountable) Rational thinking (or the capacity for it); the cognitive faculties, collectively, of conception, judgment, deduction and intuition.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Intellect"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
intellectualnoun	Endowed with intellect; having a keen sense of understanding; having the capacity for higher forms of knowledge or thought; characterized by intelligence or cleverness
understandingnoun	(uncountable) The act of one that understands or comprehends; the mental process of discernment of meaning.
mindnoun	The capability for rational thought.
reasonnoun	(uncountable) Rational thinking (or the capacity for it); the cognitive faculties, collectively, of conception, judgment, deduction and intuition.
intelligencenoun	(chiefly uncountable) The capacity of mind, especially to understand principles, truths, facts or meanings, acquire knowledge, and apply it to practice; the ability to comprehend and learn; the ability to process sentient experience to generate true beliefs with a justified degree of confidence.
wisdomnoun	(uncountable) An element of personal character that enables one to distinguish the wise from the unwise.
witnoun	Humour, especially when clever or quick.
rationalitynoun	The quality or state of being rational; due exercise of reason; reasonableness.
ingenuitynoun	The ability to solve difficult problems in original, clever, and inventive ways; ingeniousness.
thinknoun	(chiefly UK) An act of thinking; consideration (of something).
sensenoun	Any of the manners by which living beings perceive the physical world: for humans sight, smell, hearing, touch, taste.
spiritnoun	The soul of a person or other creature.
clevernessnoun	The property of being clever.
intelnoun	(especially espionage and military) Intelligence (secret information).
brilliancenoun	The quality of having extraordinary mental capacity.
reasoningnoun	(uncountable) The deduction of inferences or interpretations from premises, abstract thought, ratiocination; (countable) any instance of this, especially as a process leading to an action, motive.
brainpowernoun	Mental ability; intelligence.
discernmentnoun	The ability to distinguish; judgement.
acumennoun	Quickness of perception or discernment; penetration of mind; the faculty of nice discrimination; acuity of mind.
cognitionnoun	The process of knowing, of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought and through the senses.