eggheads
Ivory tower dwellers
Eggheads is a mildly disparaging term for intellectuals or highly educated people, especially those perceived as out of touch with practical matters or common sense.
The word suggests someone whose head is all brain—smooth, oval, and fragile like an egg: The eggheads in Washington don't understand what real Americans need.
It often carries anti-intellectual overtones.
Seekers of fundamental truths
- theoristsBuilders of explanatory frameworks
- intellectualsPeople of scholarly pursuits
- punditsExpert commentators on affairs
- analystsThose who dissect data
sages · polymaths · savants · logicians · visionaries · cognoscenti · gurus · mavens
Person of rare brilliance
- brilliantIntensely bright or gifted
- cerebralRelating to intellect
- intellectMental reasoning capacity
- cleverShowing mental quickness
smart · prodigy · savant · whiz · brainiac · mastermind · analytical · astute
Unfashionably intellectual
- dorkyAwkwardly unfashionable
- techieElectronics enthusiast, informally
- gamerVideo entertainment enthusiast
- otakuObsessive anime enthusiast
fanboy · cosplay · trivia · buff · coder · hackathon · robotics · gadgeteer
Highest-ranking university instructors
- scholarsExperts in a field
- researchersThose who study systematically
- intellectualsPeople of scholarly pursuits
- academicsProfessional researchers and teachers
lecturers · tenure · dissertation · thesis · publications · journals · symposium · seminar
philosophers
Seekers of fundamental truths
- theoristsBuilders of explanatory frameworks
- intellectualsPeople of scholarly pursuits
- punditsExpert commentators on affairs
analysts · sages · polymaths · savants · logicians · visionaries · cognoscenti · gurus · mavens · experts
genius
Person of rare brilliance
clever · smart · prodigy · savant · whiz · brainiac · mastermind · analytical · astute · perceptive
nerdy
Unfashionably intellectual
- dorkyAwkwardly unfashionable
- techieElectronics enthusiast, informally
- gamerVideo entertainment enthusiast
otaku · fanboy · cosplay · trivia · buff · coder · hackathon · robotics · gadgeteer · LARP
professors
Highest-ranking university instructors
- scholarsExperts in a field
- researchersThose who study systematically
- intellectualsPeople of scholarly pursuits
academics · lecturers · tenure · dissertation · thesis · publications · journals · symposium · seminar · colloquium
- student typesjocks, kindergartners, nerds, first graders, geeks
eggheadsanti-intellectuals
Those opposing learned discourse
philistines · know-nothings · ignoramuses · lowbrows · meatheads
eggheadsregular Joes
Ordinary, unremarkable people
common folk · blue-collar workers · working stiffs · men of action · doers
eggheadscool kids
Socially dominant youth group
popular crowd · in-crowd · socialites · smooth operators · hipsters