intellect
UK/ˈɪntəlɛkt//ˈɪntəˌlɛkt/
intellect noun: the faculty of thinking, judging, abstract reasoning, and conceptual understanding; the cognitive faculty.
Noun
intellect (countable and uncountable, plural intellects)
- The faculty of thinking, judging, abstract reasoning, and conceptual understanding; the cognitive faculty.
- Intellect is one of man's greatest powers.
- Synonyms:
- brain, brains, cleverness, head, brightness, esprit, intelligence, mind, nous, psyche
- The capacity of that faculty (in a particular person).
- They were chosen because of their outstanding intellect.
- Arms of stripes and shirts of checks / You had a very nice intellect1983, “Intelligence”, in Shiver, performed by Virna Lindt
- A person who has that faculty to a great degree.
- Some of the world's leading intellects were meeting there.
- Synonyms:
- intellectual
intellect meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
intellect in Hindi
- the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
- बुद्धि buddhi, प्रज्ञा prajñā, अक़्ल aqla, ज़ेहन zehan
intellect in Tamil
- அறிவாற்றல், புரிந்து செயல்படும் ஆற்றல்
intellect in Marathi
- the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
- बुद्धी buddhī
intellect in Urdu
- the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
- عَقْل 'aql, ذِہْن zihn, ذِہَن zihan
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- intellect in Bengali
- বুদ্ধি buddhi, বুদ্ধিবৃত্তি buddhibritti, আক্কল akkol
- intellect in Telugu
- సంజ్ఞ sañjña
- intellect in Malayalam
- ബുദ്ധി
- intellect in Kannada
- ಬುದ್ಧಿ buddhi
- intellect in Gujarati
- મનીષા manīṣā
- intellect in Odia
- ବୁଦ୍ଧି
- intellect in Sanskrit
- मनस् manas, बुद्धि búddhi
- intellect in Assamese
- চিত sit, ঘিঁউ ghĩu
- intellect in Nepali
- बुद्धिको
- intellect in Pashto
- عقل, ذهن zehn
- intellect in Arabic
- عَقْل ʕaql, فِطْنَة fiṭna, ذِهْن ḏihn, ذَكَاء ḏakāʔ
- intellect in Malay
- intelek, akal
- intellect in Indonesian
- intelek, akal
- intellect in Thai
- ปัญญา bpan-yaa, สมอง sà-mɔ̌ɔng, เมธา mee-taa
- intellect in Vietnamese
- trí tuệ, trí năng
- intellect in Myanmar
- ဉာဏ nyana., အသိဉာဏ် a.si.nyan
Examples of intellect in a sentence
- Thus far, my intellect has been able to rise sufficiently to meet every academic challenge that I have encountered.
- By acuteness of intellect, we discern nice distinctions.
- A whole generation had loved and admired him for his intellect, generosity and grace.
Synonyms of intellect
Forms of intellect
| plural | intellects |
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Origin of intellect
Borrowed from Late Latin intellēctus (“understanding, intellect”), from Latin intellegō (“understand; reason”), from inter (“between, among”) + legō (“read”), with connotation of bind.
Words formed from intellect
Questions about intellect
- What does intellect mean?
- Intellect means the faculty of thinking, judging, abstract reasoning, and conceptual understanding; the cognitive faculty.
- What is intellect in Hindi?
- Intellect in Hindi is बुद्धि (buddhi), प्रज्ञा (prajñā), अक़्ल (aqla). See Intellect meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is intellect?
- Intellect is a noun.
- How do you pronounce intellect?
- Intellect is pronounced /ˈɪntəlɛkt/ (UK).
- What is the plural of intellect?
- The plural of intellect is intellects.
Words near intellect in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: intellect (page history and authors); intellect (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); సంజ్ఞ (Telugu) (page history and authors); intellect (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ಬುದ್ಧಿ (Kannada) (page history and authors); મનીષા (Gujarati) (page history and authors); intellect (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ঘিঁউ (Assamese) (page history and authors); intellect (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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