human, individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"

anomalist - someone who has a special interest in exceptional cases

exponent - someone who expounds and interprets or explains

alchemist - one who was versed in the practice of alchemy and who sought an elixir of life and a panacea and an alkahest and the philosopher's stone

aphorist - someone who formulates aphorisms or who repeats aphorisms

bel esprit - a witty or clever person with a fine mind

clever clogs, clever Dick - an intellectual who is ostentatiously and irritatingly knowledgeable

decipherer, decoder - the kind of intellectual who converts messages from a code to plain text

egghead - an intellectual (who is bald?)

genius, mastermind, Einstein, brain - someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality; "Mozart was a child genius"; "he's smart but he's no Einstein"

highbrow - a person of intellectual or erudite tastes

mentor, wise man - a wise and trusted guide and advisor

scholar, scholarly person, student - a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines

doubter, sceptic, skeptic - someone who habitually doubts accepted beliefs

specifier - someone who draws up specifications giving details (as for obtaining a patent)

subjectivist - a person who subscribes to subjectivism

synthesiser, synthesist, synthesizer - an intellectual who synthesizes or uses synthetic methods

theoretician, theoriser, theorist, theorizer - someone who theorizes (especially in science or art)

creative thinker, thinker, mind - an important intellectual; "the great minds of the 17th century"

thinker - someone who exercises the mind (usually in an effort to reach a decision)

illusionist, seer, visionary - a person with unusual powers of foresight

wonderer - someone who is curious about something

mental - involving the mind or an intellectual process; "mental images of happy times"; "mental calculations"; "in a terrible mental state"; "mental suffering"; "free from mental defects"

educated - possessing an education (especially having more than average knowledge)

mental - involving the mind or an intellectual process; "mental images of happy times"; "mental calculations"; "in a terrible mental state"; "mental suffering"; "free from mental defects"

scholarly - characteristic of scholars or scholarship; "scholarly pursuits"; "a scholarly treatise"; "a scholarly attitude"