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HIGHBROW

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A person of intellectual or erudite tastes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("highbrow" is a kind of...):

intellect; intellectual (a person who uses the mind creatively)

Derivation:

highbrow (highly cultured or educated)

 II. (adjective) 

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Meaning:

Highly cultured or educated

Example:

a highbrowed literary critic

Synonyms:

highbrow; highbrowed

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

intellectual (appealing to or using the intellect)

Domain usage:

colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)

Derivation:

highbrow (a person of intellectual or erudite tastes)

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