adjective
- relating to or involving serious intellectual or cultural interests
noun
- a person with intellectual or cultural interests
Examples
- She enjoys highbrow literature like Joyce and Proust.
- The museum’s highbrow exhibitions attract serious art lovers.
- He’s such a highbrow that he only watches foreign films.
- The magazine targets highbrows interested in classical music.
- Critics dismissed the show as too highbrow for mainstream audiences.
- Local highbrows gathered at the poetry reading.
- The restaurant has a highbrow atmosphere with classical music playing.