Definition: knowledge and intellectual ability
Usage: he reads to improve his mind; he has a keen intellect
Similar words: intelligence
Definition: the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience
Synonyms: reason, understanding, intellect
Definition: the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination
Usage: we are told that man is endowed with reason and capable of distinguishing good from evil
Similar words: faculty, mental faculty, module
Definition: one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind
Synonyms: intellect, intellectual
Definition: a person who uses the mind creatively
Similar words: somebody, someone, soul, mortal, person, individual
Definition: a human being
Usage: there was too much for one person to do