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- Dictionaryhighbrow/ˈhʌɪbraʊ/
adjective
- 1. intellectual or rarefied in taste: "innovatory art had a small, mostly highbrow following"
noun
- 1. a highbrow person: "she considered all those without television as highbrows, intellectual snobs, or paupers"
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HIGHBROW definition: 1. (of books, plays, etc.) involving serious and complicated or artistic ideas, or (of people…. Learn more.
The meaning of HIGHBROW is a person who possesses or has pretensions to superior learning or culture.
Anything highbrow is usually intellectual in nature, and people who appreciate such things are also called highbrows. Highbrows usually have money and are sometimes considered snobby or hoity-toity. The opposite of highbrow is lowbrow, which refers to vulgar and less sophisticated culture and people.
noun. a person of superior intellectual interests and tastes. a person with intellectual or cultural pretensions; intellectual snob. the crestfish. adjective. Also highbrowed. of, relating to, or characteristic of a highbrow. Synonyms: pseudointellectual, snobbish, bookish, cultured, scholarly, intellectual. highbrow. / ˈhaɪˌbraʊ / noun.
HIGHBROW meaning: 1. (of books, plays, etc.) involving serious and complicated or artistic ideas, or (of people…. Learn more.
If you describe someone as highbrow, you mean that they are interested in serious subjects of a very intellectual nature, especially when these are difficult to understand. Highbrow critics sniff that the programme was 'too sophisticated' to appeal to most viewers.
adjective. /ˈhaɪbraʊ/ (sometimes disapproving) interested in serious artistic or cultural ideas synonym intellectual. highbrow newspapers. highbrow readers. Highbrow critics generally disapprove of this type of novel. The journal is aimed at a highbrow readership.
