| Main Entry: | highbrow |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | intellectual |
Synonyms: |
bookish, brainy, cerebral, cultivated, cultured, erudite, intellective, intelligent, learned, scholarly, studious, wise |
| 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: | 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: | cultured |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | well-bred, experienced |
Synonyms: |
able, accomplished, advanced, aesthetic, appreciative, au courant, blue-stocking, chivalrous, civilized, courteous, cultivated, distingue, educated, elegant, enlightened, erudite, gallant, genteel, high-class, highbrow, informed, intellectual, intelligent, knowledgeable, lettered, liberal, literary, literate, mannerly, polished, polite, refined, savant, scholarly, sensitive, sophisticated, tasteful, tolerant, traveled, understanding, up-to-date, urbane, versed, well-informed |
| Notes: | cultured refers to people and pearls; cultivated refers to mind, tastes, speech, or behavior |
Antonyms: |
ignorant, inexperienced, stupid, unsophisticated |
| Main Entry: | dignified |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | honorable |
Synonyms: |
aristocratic, august, courtly, decorous, distinguished, distingué, eminent, formal, grand, grave, great, highbrow, highfalutin', imperial, imperious, lofty, magisterial, magnificent, nifty*, noble, proud, refined, regal, reserved, respected, solemn, somber, stately, superior, upright |
Antonyms: |
dishonorable, indecorous, undignified |
| 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: | elitist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | snob |
Synonyms: |
highbrow, name-dropper, pompous ass, pompous person, social climber, stiff, stuffed shirt |
| Main Entry: | erudite |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | well-educated, cultured |
Synonyms: |
brainy, cultivated, educated, highbrow, in the know, into*, knowledgeable, learned, lettered, literate, savvy, scholarly, scholastic, studious, well-read, wise up |
Antonyms: |
common, ignorant, uncultured, uneducated |
| Main Entry: | indifferent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unfeeling, uninterested |
Synonyms: |
aloof, apathetic, blasé, callous, cold, cool, detached, diffident, disinterested, dispassionate, distant, equitable, haughty, heartless, heedless, highbrow, impartial, impervious, inattentive, listless, neutral, nonchalant, nonpartisan, objective, passionless, phlegmatic, regardless, scornful, silent, stoical, supercilious, superior, unaroused, unbiased, uncaring, uncommunicative, unconcerned, unemotional, unimpressed, uninvolved, unmoved, unprejudiced, unresponsive, unsocial, unsympathetic |
Antonyms: |
caring, compassionate, concerned, feeling, interested, involved, sympathetic |
| Main Entry: | intellectual |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very smart |
Synonyms: |
bookish, brainy, cerebral, creative, highbrow, highbrowed, intellective, intelligent, inventive, learned, mental, phrenic, psychological, rational, scholarly, studious, subjective, thoughtful |
Antonyms: |
foolish, ignorant, simple, stupid |