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intellect
noun as in capability of the mind; someone with capable mind
Example Sentences
Despite that, FDR was disdained by former Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. as having “a second-class intellect, but a first-class temperament.”
He appreciated that about Berger, whom he called a director with a “real intellect” but “isn’t over-intellectual.”
This suggests yet another reason to get the vaccine: It may protect your intellect.
“This is a person of great, great integrity, admired by his colleagues for that but also for his intellect — because he’s brilliant, knowledgeable and strategic, and because he cares about the American people,” the former House speaker and fellow California Democrat said.
Paying tribute, Daniel Radcliffe - who played the boy wizard - said: "She was a fierce intellect, had a gloriously sharp tongue, could intimidate and charm in the same instant and was, as everyone will tell you, extremely funny."
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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