| Main Entry: | egghead |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | intellectual |
Synonyms: |
bluestocking, bookworm, brain*, geek*, genius, highbrow, know-it-all, longhair, rocket scientist, scholar, thinker |
| Main Entry: | authority |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | expert, animate or inanimate |
Synonyms: |
CEO, arbiter, aristocrat, bible, big cheese, big shot, big wig, boss, brains, brass, buff*, city hall, connoisseur, czar, egghead, establishment*, exec, executive, expert, feds, front office, governor, guru, ivory dome, judge, kingfish, kingpin, law*, power elite, pro, professional, professor, pundit, scholar, specialist, textbook, top brass, top dog, top hand, upstairs, veteran, virtuoso, whiz, wizard |
| Main Entry: | brain |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | very smart person |
Synonyms: |
Einstein, academician, doctor, egghead, genius, highbrow, intellect, intellectual, mastermind, prodigy, pundit, sage, scholar |
Antonyms: |
dumbo, dumdum, simpleton |
| Main Entry: | clever |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bright, ingenious |
Synonyms: |
able, adept, adroit, alert, apt, astute, brainy, brilliant, cagey, canny, capable, competent, crackerjack*, cunning, deep, dexterous/dextrous, discerning, egghead, expert, foxy*, gifted, good, handy, intelligent, inventive, keen, knowing, knowledgeable, many-sided, nimble, nobody's fool, pretty, pro, qualified, quick, quick on trigger, quick-witted, rational, resourceful, sagacious, savvy, sensible, sharp, shrewd, skilled, skillful, slick, sly, smart, sprightly, talented, versatile, wise, witty |
Antonyms: |
awkward, foolish, idiotic, ignorant, naive, senseless, stupid, unclever |
| Main Entry: | hairless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | without growth on body part |
Synonyms: |
bald, baldheaded, beardless, clean-shaven, cue ball, depilated, egghead, glabrate, glabrescent, glabrous, shaved, shaven, shorn, skinhead, smooth, smooth-faced, tonsured, whiskerless |
Antonyms: |
furry, hairy, hirsute |
| Main Entry: | highbrow |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | intellectual, very smart person |
Synonyms: |
Einstein, academic, academician, bluestocking, brain*, egghead, genius, illuminato, intelligentsia, literato, longhair, philosopher, sage, savant, scholar, thinker, whiz* |
| Main Entry: | intellect |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | capability of the mind; someone with capable mind |
Synonyms: |
ability, acumen, brains, cerebration, comprehension, egghead, genius, intellectual, intellectuality, intelligence, intuition, judgment, mentality, mind, psyche, pundit, reason, savvy, sense, smarts, thinker, understanding, what it takes, wits |
Antonyms: |
ignorance |
| Main Entry: | intellectual |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | very smart person |
Synonyms: |
Einstein, academic, academician, avant-garde, brain*, braintruster, doctor, egghead, genius, highbrow, intelligentsia, philosopher, pundit, sage, scholar, thinker, whiz*, wizard |
Antonyms: |
ignoramus |
| Main Entry: | professional |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person prepared for work by extended study or practice |
Synonyms: |
adept, artist, artiste, authority, brain*, egghead, expert, hotshot, old hand, old pro, old war-horse, phenom, powerhouse, pro, proficient, pundit, shark, specialist, star, superstar, virtuoso, whiz kid, whiz*, wizard |
Antonyms: |
amateur, apprentice, greenhorn, rookie |
| Main Entry: | professor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who teaches college courses |
Synonyms: |
assistant, brain*, educator, egghead, faculty member, fellow, instructor, lecturer, pedagogue, principal, prof, pundit, quant, rocket scientist, sage, savant, teacher, tutor |
Antonyms: |
pupil, student |