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

brains

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of brain

as in skulls

Related 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
• stamps
• knocks down
• 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
• pounds
• zaps
• pummels
• belts
• scuffs
• bludgeons
• hits
• mauls
• bobs
• claps
• punches
• tags
• knocks
• laces
• raps
• bangs
• clouts
• bops
• smacks
• roughs
• whacks
• bonks
• smites
• cracks
• thumps
• drubs
• thwacks
• wallops
• slaps
• pastes
• swipes
• bashes
• lambastes
• clobbers
• busts
• pommels
• slams
• swats
• bungs
• strikes
• beats
• biffs
• slogs

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of brains

Noun

People’s tendency is to turn off their brains when the tool looks smart. — James Glover, Forbes.com, 12 Nov. 2026

Understanding networks, not just from the perspective of human social life, has had all kinds of consequences for our understanding of how diseases spread through populations, but also how brains are wired together. — Quanta Magazine, 12 Nov. 2026

In a preprint that hasn’t been peer-reviewed, the hearts, kidneys and brains of people on semaglutide appeared up to four years younger based on organ-specific biological aging clocks. — Lori Youmshajekian, Scientific American, 12 Nov. 2026

The 6-foot-3, 293-pound former tight end needs to supplement his effort and brains with brawn. — Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Nov. 2026

The rise of computers helped fuel its dominance, enabling us to work with increasingly large numbers that would otherwise be beyond the capacity of our finite human brains. — ArsTechnica, 10 Nov. 2026

The process draws inspiration from how human brains consolidate memories during sleep. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2026

This higher baseline expression in female brains could therefore help maintain activity across this network when other genes are disrupted. — New Atlas, 5 Nov. 2026

Words and birds have become a meaningful part of their experiences, so their brains are tuned to the new information. — Woon Ju Park, The Conversation, 5 Nov. 2026

Phrases Containing brains

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