Antonyms for highbrow

Grammar : Adj, noun

Spell : hahy-brou

Phonetic Transcription : ˈhaɪˌbraʊ

Definition of highbrow

Origin : "person of superior intellect and taste," 1902, back-formation from high-browed (adj.), which is attested from 1891, from high (adj.) + brow (cf. also lowbrow).

adj intellectual
noun intellectual, very smart person

Example sentences :

I've heard these highbrow chaps talking about the Mob and the Tasteful Few.
Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine

I could get onto the sedan styles in highbrow talk as long as it was in American.
Extract from : « Free Air » by Sinclair Lewis

In spots it listens like highbrow book stuff, and then again it don't.
Extract from : « Shorty McCabe on the Job » by Sewell Ford

The intelligentsia rushed to the rescue with highbrow hue and cry.
Extract from : « Bizarre » by Lawton Mackall

I got a notion I want to see you do something that isn't in your highbrow programme.
Extract from : « Flappers and Philosophers » by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Too highbrow for the jury, but it may upset his pace a little.
Extract from : « The Trial of Callista Blake » by Edgar Pangborn

"I'd never have suspected you of being a highbrow," Mr. Briggs continued.
Extract from : « Missy » by Dana Gatlin

But the smoker puts on no side about his achievements, whereas the "highbrow" does.
Extract from : « The Lighter Side of School Life » by Ian Hay

The word "highbrow" has been invented exactly to fit the case.
Extract from : « My Discovery of England » by Stephen Leacock

But even in the highbrow the educated appreciation of humour is there—away down.
Extract from : « My Discovery of England » by Stephen Leacock

Synonyms for highbrow

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