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Definitions

intelligentsia

[in-tel-i-jent-see-uh, -gent-] / ɪnˌtɛl ɪˈdʒɛnt si ə, -ˈgɛnt- /
NOUN
class
Synonyms
STRONGEST
circle club company degree family grade league place position
STRONG
ancestry birth bourgeoisie breed caliber caste clan clique condition connection coterie derivation descent estate extraction genealogy hierarchy influence lineage moiety nobility origin pedigree pigeonhole prestige quality sect source sphere standing state station status stock strain stratum tier title
WEAK
cultural level pecking order social rank the right stuff
Antonyms
STRONGEST
unemployment
STRONG
conclusion consequence death effect end outgrowth result
NOUN
highbrow
Synonyms
STRONG
Einstein academic academician bluestocking brain egghead genius philosopher sage savant scholar thinker whiz
WEAK
illuminato literato longhair
Antonyms
STRONG
ignoramus imbecile
NOUN
intellectual
Synonyms
STRONGEST
academic academician doctor philosopher pundit scholar thinker
STRONG
Einstein avant-garde brain egghead genius highbrow sage whiz wizard
WEAK
braintruster
Antonyms
STRONG
imbecile
WEAK
ignoramus

Example Sentences

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But he had the support of the intelligentsia at the New York Review of Books and Village Voice, and a theater culture that was willing to accommodate him while he found his footing.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 4, 2025

"I met all the intelligentsia of Swansea really."

From BBC • Dec. 14, 2024

Well educated and intelligent, Navalny was nevertheless not part of the intelligentsia, a fact which only helped broaden his appeal.

From Slate • Feb. 16, 2024

On Friday, Christopher Mathias of HuffPost released an exposé of Richard Hanania, a rising star of the right's supposed intelligentsia.

From Salon • Aug. 8, 2023

Meanwhile, at school I was quietly collecting bits of data, trying to sort out my place inside the teenage intelligentsia.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.