Main Entry: high·brow Function: noun Date: circa 1903: a person who possesses or has pretensions to superior learning or cultureEntry Word: highbrowFunction: adjectiveMeaning: much given to learning and thinking <finally, a TV series that appeals to a highbrow audience> — see intellectual 1 Entry Word: intellectualFunction: adjectiveMeaning: 1 much given to learning and thinking <as the daughter of college professors, sheʼs used to being around intellectual people> Synonyms cerebral, highbrowRelated Words cultivated, cultured; erudite, learned, literate, scholarly, well-read; academic, bookish, professorial; didactic, pedantic; high-hat, snobbish, snobby, snooty; educated, schooled; brainy, bright, brilliant, clever, intelligent, quick-witted, smartNear Antonyms uncultivated, uncultured; ignorant, illiterate, uneducated, unlettered, unread; dumb, foolish, idiotic, moronic, slow, stupid, unintelligentAntonyms lowbrow, nonintellectual2 of or relating to the mind <intellectual pursuits such as reading and studying> — see mental 1