intellectualize
[ in-tl-ek-choo-uh-lahyz ]
Synonyms for intellectualize
- justify
- deliberate
- elucidate
- excise
- excuse
- extenuate
- reason
- reconcile
- resolve
- think
- vindicate
- account for
- apply logic
- cop a plea
- cop out
- explain away
- give alibi
- make allowance
- reason out
- think through
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The bent of Sir Joshua's mind was to elevate, to dignify, to intellectualize.
RELATED WORDS AND SYNONYMS FOR INTELLECTUALIZE
- analyze
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- estimate
- evaluate
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- have in mind
- ideate
- imagine
- infer
- intellectualize
- judge
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- meditate
- mull
- mull over
- muse
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- put on one's thinking cap
- rack one's brains
- rationalize
- reason
- reflect
- resolve
- revolve
- ruminate
- sort out
- speculate
- stew
- stop to consider
- study
- take under consideration
- turn over
- use one's head
- weigh
- analyze
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- appreciate
- brood
- cerebrate
- cogitate
- comprehend
- conceive
- consider
- deduce
- deliberate
- estimate
- evaluate
- examine
- figure out
- have in mind
- ideate
- imagine
- infer
- intellectualize
- judge
- logicalize
- meditate
- mull
- mull over
- muse
- ponder
- rack one's brains
- rationalize
- reason
- reflect
- resolve
- revolve
- ruminate
- sort out
- speculate
- stew
- stop to consider
- study
- take under consideration
- turn over
- use one's head
- weigh
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.