intellect

The noun intellect has 3 senses

• mind, intellect -- (knowledge and intellectual ability; "he reads to improve his mind"; "he has a keen intellect")
• reason, understanding, intellect -- (the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination; "we are told that man is endowed with reason and capable of distinguishing good from evil")
• intellectual, intellect -- (a person who uses the mind creatively)