intellect — English Dictionary

Noun

1. The faculty of thinking, judging, abstract reasoning, and conceptual understanding; the cognitive faculty.

   Usage

   • Uncountable

   Examples

   Intellect is one of man's greatest powers.

2. The capacity of that faculty (in a particular person).

   Usage

   • Uncountable

   Examples

   They were chosen because of their outstanding intellect.

   Arms of stripes and shirts of checks / You had a very nice intellect

3. A person who has that faculty to a great degree.

   Usage

   • Countable
   • Uncountable

   Synonyms

   intellectual

   Examples

   Some of the world's leading intellects were meeting there.

Noun

1. knowledge and intellectual ability

   Synonyms

   mind

   Broader terms

   intelligence

   Examples

   he reads to improve his mind

   he has a keen intellect

2. the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination

   Synonyms

   reasonunderstanding

   Broader terms

   facultymental facultymodule

   Examples

   we are told that man is endowed with reason and capable of distinguishing good from evil

3. a person who uses the mind creatively

   Synonyms

   intellectual

   Broader terms

   actordoerworker