egghead

Main Entry:
egghead [eg-hed]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: intellectual
Synonyms: bluestocking, bookworm, brain*, geek*, genius, highbrow, know-it-all, longhair, rocket scientist, scholar, thinker
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
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