nonintellectual
Lacking academic orientation
Nonintellectual describes people, activities, or approaches that don't engage much with abstract ideas, academic pursuits, or analytical thinking.
It can be neutral—a nonintellectual hobby like gardening—or mildly dismissive, suggesting someone lacks interest in the life of the mind: He's not stupid, just nonintellectual.
As a noun, a nonintellectual is such a person.
Digestive tract, or instinct
- intuitionInstinctive immediate understanding
- impulseSudden urge to act
- innateExisting since birth
- primalFirst in origin
visceral · instinctual · reflex · inborn · spontaneous · intuitive · unthinking · subconscious
Fundamental in nature
- elementaryOf first principles
- straightforwardClear and uncomplicated
- uncomplicatedEasy to understand
- plainBasic and unremarkable
accessible · rudimentary · unsophisticated · naive · childlike · unaffected · artless · guileless
Lacking formal instruction
- unlearnedLacking acquired knowledge
- unreadNot yet perused
- unbookishNot fond of reading
- unstudiousNot devoted to learning
unacademic · untrained · unlettered · uninstructed · philistine · uncultured · uncultivated · unschooled
Prioritizing function over beauty
- functionalAble to operate correctly
- pragmaticFocused on workable solutions
- hands-onInvolving direct physical engagement
- appliedPut into practice
useful · workable · sensible · down-to-earth · commonsensical · no-nonsense · matter-of-fact · hardheaded
gut
Digestive tract, or instinct
primal · visceral · instinctual · reflex · inborn · spontaneous · intuitive · unthinking · subconscious · unconscious
basic
Fundamental in nature
- elementaryOf first principles
- straightforwardClear and uncomplicated
- uncomplicatedEasy to understand
plain · accessible · rudimentary · unsophisticated · naive · childlike · unaffected · artless · guileless · homespun
uneducated
Lacking formal instruction
unstudious · unacademic · untrained · unlettered · uninstructed · philistine · uncultured · uncultivated · unschooled · untutored
utilitarian
Prioritizing function over beauty
- functionalAble to operate correctly
- pragmaticFocused on workable solutions
- hands-onInvolving direct physical engagement
applied · useful · workable · sensible · down-to-earth · commonsensical · no-nonsense · matter-of-fact · hardheaded · levelheaded
athletic
Physically strong and active
sensory · somatic · carnal · kinesthetic · tangible · material · fleshly · biological · dexterous · vigorous
nonintellectualintellectual
Concerning thought and reason
cerebral · scholarly · academic · philosophical · rational
intelligent, intelligence, intellectual, intellect, unintelligent, intelligible, unintelligible, intelligibility, intelligentsia