Opinion is ultimately determined by feelings, and not by the intellect.
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Intellect
//ˈɪntəlɛkt//
Synonyms for "intellect" (111 found)
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Closest matches (23)
Strong matches (33)
Related words (55)
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7 entriesSynonyms
3 entriesRelated terms
8 entriesdefined as
1 entriesderived
3 entriesis a
1 entriespart of
1 entriesrelated to
19 entriesShowing 16 of 19 words.
Translations
194 translations across 81 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- intelekt noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
Arabic
4 entries- ذَكَاء noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
- ذِهْن noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
- عَقْل noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
- فِطْنَة noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
Armenian
3 entries- բանականություն noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
- խելք noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
- խելք noun (that faculty in a particular person)
Avar
1 entries- гӏакълу noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
Azerbaijani
4 entries- ağıl noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
- intellekt noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
- zehin noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
- zəka noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
Bashkir
1 entries- аҡыл noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
Belarusian
4 entries- глузд noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
- рассу́дак noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
- ро́зум noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
- інтэле́кт noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
Bengali
3 entries- আক্কল noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
- বুদ্ধি noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
- বুদ্ধিবৃত্তি noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
Bulgarian
4 entries- акъ́л noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
- интеле́кт noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
- интелектуа́лец noun (a person who has that faculty in great degree)
- ра́зум noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
Burmese
2 entries- ဉာဏ noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
- အသိဉာဏ် noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
Catalan
1 entries- intel·lecte noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
Chinese Cantonese
4 entries- 心智 noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
- 思力 noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
- 智力 noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
- 智能 noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 心智 noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
- 思力 noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
- 智力 noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
- 智能 noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
Church Slavic
2 entries- оумъ noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
- разоумъ noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
Chuvash
1 entries- ӑс noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
Czech
1 entries- intelekt noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
Danish
1 entries- intellekt noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
Dutch
1 entries- intellect noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
Estonian
2 entries- intellekt noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
- mõistus noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
Finnish
3 entries- ajattelija noun (a person who has that faculty in great degree)
- äly noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
- älykkö noun (a person who has that faculty in great degree)
French
1 entries- intellect noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
Galician
1 entries- intelecto noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
Georgian
2 entries- გონება noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
- ინტელექტი noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
German
1 entries- Intellekt noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌸𐌹 noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
Greek
3 entries- διάνοια noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
- νοημοσύνη noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
- νόηση noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
Hebrew
1 entries- תְּבוּנָה noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
Hindi
4 entries- अक़्ल noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
- ज़ेहन noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
- प्रज्ञा noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
- बुद्धि noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
Hungarian
3 entries- intellektus noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
- értelem noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
- ész noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
Icelandic
3 entries- greind noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
- intellekt noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
- vitsmunir noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
Indonesian
2 entries- akal noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
- intelek noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
Iranian Persian
4 entries- ذَکاء noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
- ذِهْن noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
- عَقْل noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
- هوش noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
Irish
1 entries- intleacht noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
Italian
1 entries- intelletto noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
Japanese
4 entries- 智力 noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
- 知性、思考力 noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
- 知恵 noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
- 知能 noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
Kazakh
3 entries- ақыл noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
- зият noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
- интеллект noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
Khmer
2 entries- ញាណ noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
- បញ្ញា noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
Korean
4 entries- 사고력 noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
- 지능 noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
- 지력 noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
- 지성 noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
Kyrgyz
3 entries- акыл noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
- интеллект noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
- эс noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
Lao
2 entries- ປັນຍາ noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
- ສະໝອງ noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
Latin
2 entries- intellectus noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
- intellectus noun (that faculty in a particular person)
Latvian
1 entries- intelekts noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
Lezgi
1 entries- акьул noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
Lithuanian
1 entries- intelektas noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
Macedonian
4 entries- акал noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
- интеле́кт noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
- разум noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
- ум noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
Malay
2 entries- akal noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
- intelek noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
Maltese
2 entries- dehen noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
- intellett noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
Marathi
1 entries- बुद्धी noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
Mongolian
2 entries- оюун noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
- оюун ухаан noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
Māori
3 entries- hirikapo noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
- ihomatua noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
- ihumanea noun (a person who has that faculty in great degree)
Navajo
2 entries- bíniʼ noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
- bíniʼ noun (that faculty in a particular person)
Northern Kurdish
4 entries- aqil noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
- eqil noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
- hiş noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
- jîrî noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- intellekt noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
Old East Slavic
2 entries- разумъ noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
- умъ noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
Ossetian
1 entries- зонд noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
Ottoman Turkish
3 entries- ذكا noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
- ذهن noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
- عقل noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
Pashto
2 entries- ذهن noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
- عقل noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
Polish
3 entries- intelekt noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
- rozsądek noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
- rozum noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
Portuguese
3 entries- intelecto noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
- intelecto noun (that faculty in a particular person)
- intelectual noun (a person who has that faculty in great degree)
Romanian
4 entries- intelect noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
- intelect noun (that faculty in a particular person)
- intelectual noun (a person who has that faculty in great degree)
- intelectuală noun (a person who has that faculty in great degree)
Russian
4 entries- интелле́кт noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
- интеллектуа́л noun (a person who has that faculty in great degree)
- ра́зум noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
- рассу́док noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
Sanskrit
2 entries- बुद्धि noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
- मनस् noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- intèlekt noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
- rȁzūm noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
- ȗm noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
- интѐлект noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
Slovak
2 entries- intelekt noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
- um noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
Slovene
2 entries- intelekt noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
- razum noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
Spanish
1 entries- intelecto noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
Swedish
1 entries- intellekt noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
Tabasaran
1 entries- аькьюл noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
Tajik
3 entries- ақл noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
- зеҳн noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
- ҳӯш noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
Tatar
1 entries- акыл noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
Tausug
1 entries- akkal noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
Thai
3 entries- ปัญญา noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
- สมอง noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
- เมธา noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
Turkish
4 entries- akıl noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
- entelekt noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
- zekâ noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
- zihin noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
Turkmen
2 entries- akyl noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
- intellekt noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
Ukrainian
4 entries- глузд noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
- ро́зум noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
- розсу́док noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
- інтеле́кт noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
Urdu
3 entries- ذِہَن noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
- ذِہْن noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
- عَقْل noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
Uyghur
2 entries- ئەقىل noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
- زېھىن noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
Uzbek
3 entries- aql noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
- intellekt noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
- zehn noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
Vietnamese
2 entries- trí năng noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
- trí tuệ noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
Welsh
1 entries- dealltwriaeth noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
Yiddish
1 entries- אינטעלעקט noun (the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
It is beyond the boundaries of human intellect.
Source: tatoeba (42292)
In other words, education is the instruction of the intellect in the laws of Nature.
Source: tatoeba (239662)
The possession of intellect is what distinguishes us from wild animals.
Source: tatoeba (277054)
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