Synonyms of brains

brains 1 of 2

noun

plural of brain

as in intelligence

the ability to learn and understand or to deal with problems

you have the brains to figure out that problem on your own

Synonyms & Similar Words

• intelligence
• intellect
• sense
• reason
• brainpower
• smarts
• talent
• mentality
• intellectuality
• insight
• aptitude
• gray matter
• wisdom
• headpiece
• mind
• brilliance
• intellectualism
• perception
• acumen
• skull
• judgement
• perspicacity
• braininess
• discernment
• judgment
• alertness
• astuteness
• wit
• common sense
• sagacity
• apprehension
• horse sense
• discriminability
• percipience
• highbrowism
• eggheadedness
• head
• sapience
• mother wit

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• density
• idiocy
• dulness
• stupidity
• dumbness
• imbecility
• dullness
• feeblemindedness
• foolishness
• slowness
• fatuity
• denseness
• senselessness
• simpleness
• dopiness
• doltishness
• half-wittedness

brains

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of brain

as in skulls

Synonyms & Similar Words

• skulls
• beans
• conks
• clubs
• saps
• spears
• cudgels
• canes
• stabs
• switches
• knees
• sledges
• butts
• lashes
• whips
• sledgehammers
• flails
• slashes
• floors
• decks
• levels
• thrashes
• flogs
• bowls (down or over)
• taps
• kicks
• creams
• bumps
• knocks down
• stamps
• chops
• jabs
• jostles
• prods
• strokes
• flicks
• pokes
• dumps
• fells
• pushes
• sucker punches
• shoves
• rabbit-punches
• boxes
• socks
• licks
• peppers
• slugs
• bunts
• batters
• clocks
• whales
• pelts
• bats
• nails
• hammers
• buffets
• cuffs
• mangles
• clips
• zaps
• pounds
• pummels
• scuffs
• bludgeons
• belts
• hits
• mauls
• bobs
• claps
• punches
• tags
• knocks
• laces
• raps
• bangs
• clouts
• bops
• smacks
• roughs
• whacks
• lambasts
• bonks
• smites
• cracks
• thumps
• drubs
• thwacks
• wallops
• slaps
• pastes
• swipes
• bashes
• lambastes
• clobbers
• busts
• pommels
• slams
• swats
• bungs
• strikes
• beats
• biffs
• slogs

Phrases Containing brains

• beat one's brains out (about)
• cudgel one's brains (about)
• pick the brains of