intellectuals

NOUN

very smart person

Synonyms

STRONGEST

academic academician doctor intelligentsia philosopher pundit scholar thinker

STRONG

Einstein avant-garde brain egghead genius highbrow sage whiz wizard

WEAK

braintruster

Antonyms

STRONG

imbecile

WEAK

ignoramus

Example Sentences

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And while it details Jewish participation in, and influence on, global soccer, it also challenges the cliché that Jews were intellectuals, artists and laborers but not athletes.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 14, 2026

The novelist Stephanie Sy-Quia drew upon facts from her grandparents’ own marriage to fashion a story of love between two passionate intellectuals.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

You might have assumed that America’s intellectuals would have been overjoyed at this postwar cultural leveling up, but not all were.

From Salon • Apr. 19, 2026

Equally, the need for professors and instructors engendered by the college boom created its own class of intellectuals and intellectual hangers-on.

From Salon • Apr. 19, 2026

Author Ralph Waldo Emerson, one of the most popular public lecturers of the day, was among the intellectuals who came out against spirit communication.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock