intellectual vs highbrow

highbrow vs intellectual

intellectual and highbrow both are nouns.

intellectual and highbrow both are adjectives.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
intellectual	Yes	Yes	No	No
highbrow	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, highbrow is a hyponym of intellectual; that is, highbrow is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than intellectual:

intellectual: a person who uses the mind creatively
highbrow: a person of intellectual or erudite tastes

Other hyponyms of intellectual include anomalist, exponent, alchemist, aphorist, bel esprit, clever clogs, clever Dick, decipherer, decoder, egghead, expositor, expounder, brain, brainiac, Einstein, genius, mastermind, mentor, wise man, bookman, scholar, scholarly person, doubter, sceptic, skeptic, specifier, subjectivist, synthesiser, synthesist, synthesizer, idealogue, theoretician, theoriser, theorist, theorizer, creative thinker, mind, thinker, thinker, illusionist, seer, visionary, wonderer.

intellectual (noun)	highbrow (noun)
a person who uses the mind creatively	a person of intellectual or erudite tastes

intellectual (adjective)	highbrow (adjective)
appealing to or using the intellect	highly cultured or educated
involving intelligence rather than emotions or instinct
of or associated with or requiring the use of the mind

Difference between intellectual and highbrow

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