Foolish
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Foolish adjective – Showing or marked by a lack of good sense or judgment. Intellectual is an antonym for foolish.
Nearby Words: fool, foolishness, foolery, foolishly
Antonyms for Foolish
Intellectual
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Intellectual adjective – Much given to learning and thinking. Usage example: as the daughter of college professors, she's used to being around intellectual people
Foolish is an antonym for intellectual in very smart topic.
Nearby Words: intellect, intellection, intellectuality, intellective, intellectually
Antonyms for Intellectual
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- The foolish vanity of wishing to appear in print, instead of being counterbalanced by any consciousness of the intellectual or moral derogation implied in futile authorship, seems to be encouraged by the extremely false impression that to write at all is a proof of superiority in a woman.
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