Intellect

Definitions

1. The faculty of thinking, judging, abstract reasoning, and conceptual understanding; the cognitive faculty.
   uncountable
2. The capacity of that faculty (in a particular person).
   uncountable
3. A person who has that faculty to a great degree.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Intellect is one of man's greatest powers.”

“They were chosen because of their outstanding intellect.”

“Arms of stripes and shirts of checks / You had a very nice intellect”

“Some of the world's leading intellects were meeting there.”

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