知的|ちてきchiteki[0]heiban (flat)

1. na-adjectiveintellectual
   知的ちてきな会話かいわが好すきです。↗

   I enjoy intellectual conversations.

• Synonym理知的りちてきWrittenWritten. Thinking or judging by reason, or looking coolly intelligent: 「理知的な判断」「理知的な顔」. 「知的」 is broader, covering anything tied to knowledge or intellect.
• Synonym知性的ちせいてきNeutralNeutral. Suggests a cultivated, intellectual air, as in 「知性的な女性」; the focus is temperament. 「知的」 can also describe things connected with knowledge.
• Related学問的がくもんてきWrittenWritten. Concerned with scholarship or academia: 「学問的な研究」「学問的根拠」. 「知的」 is broader — anything knowledge-related, or showing intellectual quality.
• Related理性的りせいてきNeutralNeutral. Rational and reasonable, deciding by logic rather than emotion. 「知的」 is about knowledge and intellect, not the contrast with emotional judgment.
• Related博識はくしきWrittenWritten. Erudition, knowledge spanning many fields; as a na-adjective it describes a widely read person. 「知的」 stresses an intellectual quality or air instead.
• Related物知りものしりCasualColloquial. A noun for a person who seems to know everything, a walking dictionary; common in speech. 「知的」 is a na-adjective for intellectual quality.
• Related博学はくがくWrittenWritten. A noun for deep, wide learning, as in 「博学多才」. 「知的」 does not necessarily imply being learned.
• Related学究的がっきゅうてきWrittenWritten. Devoted to scholarship, professorial in manner: 「学究的な態度」. 「知的」 covers knowledge and intellect in general, not only academic pursuits.
• Related主知的しゅちてきWrittenWritten. A philosophical term for prioritizing intellect over emotion or experience; rare today. In everyday speech say 「知的」 or 「理知的」.
• Antonym無知むちNeutralNeutral. A noun for lacking knowledge, the opposite of knowledgeable 「知的」: 「無知な人」.
• Antonym愚鈍ぐどんWrittenWritten. A noun for stupidity and dullness; the direct opposite of 「知的」. Formal and not common in speech.

Use 「知的」 for anything tied to knowledge or intellect, or for an intellectual air, as in 「知的財産」 or 「知的な人」. For calm, reason-based judgment use 「理知的」 or 「理性的」; for a cultivated air 「知性的」; for academic matters 「学問的」; for wide learning 「博識」; for ignorance 「無知」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. 知識ちしきに関かんしているさま。
2. 知識ちしきや知性ちせいが豊ゆたかであるさま。