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adj
Intellectually stimulating, highly cultured, sophisticated.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: derogatory, sometimes
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: lowbrow
noun
A cultured or learned person or thing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: derogatory, sometimes
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: intellectual, scholar
Antonyms: lowbrow
adjective satellite
highly cultured or educated
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: highbrowed
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a person of intellectual or erudite tastes
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: intellectual, intellect
History
A compound of the words high + brow, first recorded usage in 1875. Referring to the (by that time discredited) science of phrenology, which suggested that a person of intelligence and sophistication would possess a higher brow-line than someone of lesser intelligence and sophistication.
Across languages
32 source translations are retained for this English entry.
