intellect

noun3

1. •
   The faculty of thinking, judging, abstract reasoning, and conceptual understanding; the cognitive faculty.

   • Intellect is one of man's greatest powers.
2. •
   The capacity of that faculty (in a particular person).

   • They were chosen because of their outstanding intellect.
3. •
   A person who has that faculty to a great degree.

   • Some of the world's leading intellects were meeting there.