intellect (noun)

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• intellect — ► NOUN 1) the faculty of reasoning and understanding objectively. 2) a person s mental powers. 3) a clever person. ORIGIN Latin intellectus understanding …   English terms dictionary

• intellect — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ brilliant, formidable, great, keen, powerful, sharp, superior, towering ▪ limited, low …   Collocations dictionary

• intellect — noun a) the faculty of thinking, judging, abstract reasoning, and conceptual understanding (uncountable) Intellect is one of mans greatest powers. b) the capacity of that faculty (in a particular …   Wiktionary

• intellect — noun 1 (C, U) the ability to understand things and to think intelligently: new scientific ideas that are a challenge to the human intellect | a woman of superior intellect 2 (C) someone who is very intelligent: some of the greatest intellects in… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• intellect — I noun ability to perceive, ability to reason, ability to understand, brain, brilliance, cerebration, cognition, cognitive faculty, comprehension, genius, intellectual powers, intellectuality, intellegentia, intelligence, mens, mental ability,… …   Law dictionary

• intellect — (n.) late 14c. (but little used before 16c.), from O.Fr. intellecte intellectual capacity (13c.), and directly from L. intellectus discernment, a perception, understanding, from noun use of pp. of intelligere to understand, discern (see… …   Etymology dictionary

• intellect — noun 1) a film that appeals to one s intellect Syn: mind, brain(s), intelligence, reason, understanding, thought, brainpower, sense, judgment, wisdom, wits; informal gray matter, IQ, brain cells, smarts 2) one of the finest i …   Thesaurus of popular words

• intellect — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French or Latin; Middle French, from Latin intellectus, from intellegere to understand more at intelligent Date: 14th century 1. a. the power of knowing as distinguished from the power to feel and to… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• intellect — noun 1》 the faculty of reasoning and understanding objectively.     ↘a person s mental powers. 2》 a clever person. Origin ME: from L. intellectus understanding , from intellegere (see intelligence) …   English new terms dictionary

• intellect — noun Syn: mind, brain(s), intelligence, reason, judgement, grey matter, brain cells …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

• intellect — UK [ˈɪntəlekt] / US [ˈɪnt(ə)lˌekt] noun Word forms intellect : singular intellect plural intellects 1) [uncountable] the ability to think in an intelligent way and to understand difficult or complicated ideas and subjects These activities are… …   English dictionary