INTELLECT

mind, intellect

(noun) knowledge and intellectual ability; “he reads to improve his mind”; “he has a keen intellect”

reason, understanding, intellect

(noun) the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination; “we are told that man is endowed with reason and capable of distinguishing good from evil”

intellectual, intellect

(noun) a person who uses the mind creatively

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

intellect (countable and uncountable, plural intellects)

the faculty of thinking, judging, abstract reasoning, and conceptual understanding; the cognitive faculty (uncountable)

the capacity of that faculty (in a particular person) (uncountable)

a person who has that faculty to a great degree

Synonyms

• See also intelligence

Source: Wiktionary

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In"tel*lect, n. Etym: [L. intellectus, fr. intelligere, intellectum, to understand: cf. intellect. See Intelligent.] (Metaph.)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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