intelligentsia [in-tel-i-jent-see-uh, -gent-]
Main Entry:
class [klas, klahs]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: societal group, background
Synonyms: ancestry, birth, bourgeoisie, breed, caliber, caste, circle, clan, clique, club, company, condition, connection, coterie, cultural level, degree, derivation, descent, estate, extraction, family, genealogy, grade, hierarchy, influence, intelligentsia, league, lineage, moiety, nobility, origin, pecking order, pedigree, pigeonhole, place, position, prestige, quality, sect, social rank, source, sphere, standing, state, station, status, stock, strain, stratum, the right stuff, tier, title
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
Concept Thesaurus
Concept: Class.
Category: 4. DISTRIBUTIVE ORDER
Synonyms:
-nouns
class, division, category, categorema, head, order, section; department, subdepartment, province, domain., kind, sort, genus, species, variety, family, order, kingdom, race, tribe, caste, sept, clan, breed, type, subtype, kit, sect, set, subset; assortment; feather, kidney; suit; range; gender, sex, kin., manner, description, denomination, designation, character, stamp; predicament; indication, particularization, selection, specification., similarity.
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