The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word SNOB , but the solution may also be ARTY which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in New York Times).
Highbrow crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SNOB | 49 % | 4 |
| SNOOT | 18 % | 5 |
| ARTY | 13 % | 4 |
| EGGHEAD | 8 % | 7 |
| SNOOTY | 5 % | 6 |
| ERUDITE | 3 % | 7 |
| DOUBLEDOME | 3 % | 10 |
| CEREBRAL | 3 % | 8 |
Why may ARTY be the right solution?
"Arty" is a synonym for highbrow as it refers to something that is characterized by a sophisticated or artistic quality, appealing to those with refined taste or cultural interests.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Highbrow
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- intellectual
- snob
- egghead
- lowbrow
- middlebrow
- highfalutin
- snooty
- hifalutin
- literary
- lowbrows
- erudite
- snobbish
Crossword Answer definitions
SNOB noun- A person who wishes to be seen as a member of the upper classes and who looks down on those perceived to have inferior or unrefined tastes.
- A cobbler or shoemaker.
- A member of the lower classes; a commoner.
- A workman who works for lower wages than his fellows, or who will not join a strike.
- (Cambridge University) A townsman, as opposed to a gownsman.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result SNOB
- High-nosed one
- Snooty one
- Kind of appeal
- Elitist
- Highbrow
- Pretentious person
- Stuck-up one
- Uppity type
- Reverse ___
- Hoity-toity type
More clues leading to the result SNOOT
- Show hauteur toward
- Social climber
- Uppity one
- Nose
- High hat
- Uppish type
- Record store employee, stereotypically
- Stuck-up sort
- Beezer
- Elitist hipster
More clues leading to the result ARTY
- Avant-garde
- Creative
- Innovative
- Pretentious
- Too stylish
- Overly pretentious
- Pretentious, as a film
- Pseudo-esthetic
- Bohemian
- Into Stan Brakhage films, say
More clues leading to the result EGGHEAD
- Geek
- Brainiac
- Intellectual
- Intellectual, slangily
- Intellectual highbrow
- Walking encyclopedia, e.g.
- Walking encyclopedia
- Studious sort
- Yesterday's geek
- Anti-intellectual epithet
More clues leading to the result SNOOTY
- Highfalutin'
- Pompous
- High-hatted
- Nose-in-the-air
- Above-it-all
- Condescending
- Putting on airs
- Hoity-toity
- Supercilious
- Elitist
More clues leading to the result ERUDITE
- Learned
- Scholarly
- Professorial
- Well-read
- Book-smart
- Profoundly knowledgeable
- Showing profound knowledge
- Like sages
- Well-educated
- Educated