Hyphenation
 in·tel·lect Synonyms
 ability, 
acumen, 
brains, 
cerebration, 
comprehension, 
egghead, 
genius, 
intellectual, 
intellectuality, 
intelligence, 
intuition, 
judgment, 
mentality, 
mind, 
psycheEtymology
  ()  From Latin intellēctus (“understanding, intellect”), perfect passive participle of intellegō (“undestand; reason”), from inter (“between, among”) + legō (“read”), with connotation of bind.