What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Highbrow vs Highbrowness - What's the difference?

highbrow | highbrowness |

As nouns the difference between highbrow and highbrowness

is that highbrow is a cultured or learned person or thing while highbrowness is the state or condition of being highbrow.

As an adjective highbrow

is intellectually stimulating, highly cultured.

highbrow

English

Adjective

(wikipedia highbrow) (-)
  • (US, colloquial) Intellectually stimulating, highly cultured.

    • Antonyms

    * lowbrow

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A cultured or learned person or thing.

    • Related terms

    * lowbrow * middlebrow

    References

    * ESC, 2003. Re:highbrow, middlebrow, lowbrow'', ''The Phrase finder . * Robert Hendrickson, 1997. Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins'' (New York: ''Facts on File )

    highbrowness

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The state or condition of being highbrow.