- highbrow⇄adj. of or fit for a highbrow; characteristic of a highbrow.
Ex. To all who think vaguely of ballet as a highbrow affair of classical serenity (Punch). - highbrow⇄highbrow, noun, adjective.
(Informal.) - highbrow⇄noun a person who cares, or claims to care, a great deal about knowledge and culture.
Ex. There was the theatre (so much better than the highbrows asserted) (Hugh Walpole). - highbrow⇄noun highbrowism.