Synonyms of belfry

belfry

noun

as in skull

a person's mental ability

The old codger has cobwebs in the belfry.

Related Words

• skull
• head
• brain
• gray matter
• loaf
• intellect
• mind
• noodle
• reason
• intelligence
• cerebrum
• psyche
• perception
• thinker
• judgment
• wit
• sagacity
• mentality
• insight
• alertness
• brilliance
• wisdom
• acumen
• consciousness
• perspicacity
• awareness
• cognizance
• astuteness
• sapience
• self-consciousness
• self-awareness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of belfry

This is further supported by the dig’s location near the city’s historic Stadshalle civic center and belfry, but this is not a definitive confirmation. — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 29 Apr. 2026

The chapel, whose unusual design includes three spires, two steeples, a belfry and separate sanctuaries for Catholics and Protestants, has been locked and left to decay since being damaged in the 1971 Sylmar earthquake. — Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2026

Unfortunately, that 18-minute shift by Mother Constance results in a vigorous bell ringing that pushes poor Alaïa Jade out of the belfry window to the pavement below. — Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 21 Nov. 2025

The Jokake Inn closed in the late 1970s and was demolished, except for its Pueblo revival-style belfry towers, which were incorporated into The Phoenician. — Douglas C. Towne, AZCentral.com, 3 Oct. 2025

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