That faculty of the human soul or mind, which receives or comprehends the ideas communicated to it by the senses or by perception, or by other means; the faculty of thinking; otherwise called the understanding. A clear intellect receives and entertains the same ideas which another communicates with perspicuity.
Word of the Day: Catachrestical
The part or faculty of the human soul by which it knows, as distinguished from the power to feel and to will; sometimes, the capacity for higher forms of knowledge, as distinguished from the power to perceive objects in their relations; the power to judge and comprehend; the thinking faculty; the understanding.
Endowed with intellect; having intellectual powers or capacities.
The act of understanding; simple apprehension of ideas.
A mental act or process; especially: (a) The act of understanding; simple apprehension of ideas; intuition. Bentley. (b) A creation of the mind itself.
1. Having power to understand.
2. Produced by the understanding.
3. To be perceived by the understanding, not by the senses.
1. Pertaining to, or produced by, the intellect or understanding; intellectual.
2. Having power to understand, know, or comprehend; intelligent; rational.
3. Capable of being perceived by the understanding only, not by the senses.
In an intellective manner.
1. Relating to the intellect or understanding; belonging to the mind; performed by the understanding; mental; as intellectual power or operations.
2. Ideal; perceived by the intellect; existing in the understanding; as an intellectual scene.
3. Having the power of understanding; as an intellectual being.
4. Relating to the understanding; treating of the mind; as intellectual philosophy, now sometimes called mental philosophy.
The intellect or understanding. [Little used.]
1. Belonging to, or performed by, the intellect; mental; as, intellectual powers, activities, etc.
2. Endowed with intellect; having the power of understanding; having capacity for the higher forms of knowledge or thought; characterized by intelligence or mental capacity; as, an intellectual person.
3. Suitable for exercising the intellect; formed by, and existing for, the intellect alone; perceived by the intellect; as, intellectual employments.
4. Relating to the understanding; treating of the mind; as, intellectual philosophy, sometimes called "mental" philosophy.
The intellect or understanding; mental powers or faculties.
1. Intellectual power; intellectuality.
2. The doctrine that knowledge is derived from pure reason.
One who overrates the understanding.
1. One who overrates the importance of the understanding.
2. One who accepts the doctrine of intellectualism.
The state of intellectual power. [Not used.]
Intellectual powers; possession of intellect; quality of being intellectual.
By means of the understanding.
In an intellectual manner.
Intellect Roget’s Thesaurus §450
N. intellect, mind, understanding, reason, thinking principle, rationality, cogitative faculties, cognitive faculties, discursive faculties, reasoning faculties, intellectual faculties, faculties, senses, consciousness, observation, percipience, intelligence, intellection, intuition, association of ideas, instinct, conception, judgment, wits, parts, capacity, intellectuality, genius, brains, cognitive powers, intellectual powers, wit, ability, wisdom, vernunft, verstand, soul, spirit, ghost, inner man, heart, breast, bosom, penetralia mentis, divina particula aurae, heart's core, the absolute, psyche, subliminal consciousness, supreme principle, brain, organ of thought, seat of thought, sensorium, sensory, head, headpiece, pate, noddle, noggin, skull, scull, pericranium, cerebrum, cranium, brainpan, sconce, upper story, central processing unit, cpu, arithmetic and logical unit, alu, metaphysics, psychics, psychology, ideology, mental philosophy, moral philosophy, philosophy of the mind, pneumatology, phrenology, craniology, cranioscopy, ideality, idealism, transcendentalism, spiritualism, immateriality, universal concept, universal conception, metaphysician, psychologist &c
V. note, notice, mark, take notice of, take cognizance of be aware of, be conscious of, realize, appreciate, ruminate, fancy
Adj. intellectual, mental, rational, subjective, metaphysical, nooscopic, spiritual, ghostly, psychical, psychological, cerebral, animastic, brainy, hyperphysical, superphysical, subconscious, subliminal, immaterial, endowed with reason
Adv. in petto
Phr. ens rationis, frons est animi janua, locos y ninos dicen la verdad, mens sola loco non exulat, "my mind is my kingdom", "stern men with empires in their brains", "the mind, the music breathing from her face", "thou living ray of intellectual fire"
Intelligence. Wisdom Roget’s Thesaurus §498
N. intelligence, capacity, comprehension, understanding, cuteness, sabe *, savvy *, intellect, nous, parts, sagacity, mother wit, wit, esprit, gumption, quick parts, grasp of intellect, acuteness, acumen, subtlety, penetration, perspicacy, perspicacity, discernment, due sense of, good judgment, discrimination, cunning, refinement, head, brains, headpiece, upper story, long head, eagle eye, eagle- glance, eye of a lynx, eye of a hawk, wisdom, sapience, sense, good sense, common sense, horse sense, plain sense, rationality, reason, reasonableness, judgment, solidity, depth, profundity, caliber, enlarged views, reach of thought, compass of thought, enlargement of mind, genius, inspiration, geist, fire of genius, heaven-born genius, soul, talent, prudence, vigilance, tact, foresight, sobriety, self-possession, aplomb, ballast, a bright thought, not a bad idea, solomon-like wisdom
V. be -intelligent, have all one's wits about one, understand, catch an idea, take in an idea, take a joke, take a hint, see through, see at a glance, see with half an eye, see far into, see through a millstone, penetrate, discern, foresee, discriminate, know what's what, listen to reason
Adj. intelligent, quick of apprehension, keen, acute, alive, brainy, awake, bright, quick, sharp, quick witted, keen witted, clear witted, sharp- eyed, sharp sighted, sharp witted, wide-awake, canny, shrewd, astute, clear-headed, farsighted, discerning, perspicacious, penetrating, piercing, argute, quick-witted, nimble- witted, needle-witted, sharp as a needle, sharp as a tack, alive to, clever, arch, pas si bete, acute, wise, sage, sapient, sagacious, reasonable, rational, sound, in one's right mind, sensible, abnormis sapiens, judicious, strong-minded, unprejudiced, unbiased, unbigoted, unprepossessed, undazzled, unperplexed, unwarped judgment, impartial, equitable, fair, cool, cool-headed, long-headed, hardheaded, strong-headed, long- sighted, calculating, thoughtful, reflecting, solid, deep, profound, oracular, heaven-directed, heaven-born, prudent, sober, stand, solid, considerate, politic, wise in one's generation, watchful, provident, in advance of one' age, wise as a serpent, wise as solomon, wise as solon, wise, sensible, reasonable, judicious, well- thought-out, well-planned, well-judged, well-advised, prudent, politic, expedient
Phr. aut regem aut fatuum nasci oportet, "but with the morning cool reflection came", flosculi sententiarum, les affaires font les hommes, mas vale saber que haber, mas vale ser necio que profiadol nemo solus sapit, nosce te, γνῶθι σεαυτόν, nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae fuit, sapere aude, victrix fortunae sapientia
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