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brain-dead

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Synonyms and Antonyms of brain-dead

not having or showing an ability to absorb ideas readily

After three nights of no sleep, I'm just brain-dead.

Synonyms of brain-dead

brainless, dense, doltish, dopey (also dopy), dorky [slang], dull, dumb, fatuous, half-witted, mindless, oafish, obtuse, opaque, pinheaded, senseless, simple, slow, stupid, thick, thickheaded, unintelligent, vacuous, weak-minded, witless

Words Related to brain-dead

feebleminded, simpleminded

foolish, idiotic, imbecile (or imbecilic), moronic

ignorant, illiterate, lowbrow, uneducated, uninformed, unintellectual, untaught, unthinking

absurd, asinine, balmy, cockeyed, crackpot, crazy, cuckoo, daffy, daft, half-baked, harebrained, insane, kooky, loony (also looney), lunatic, mad, nonsensical, nutty, wacky, zany

Near Antonyms of brain-dead

ingenious, resourceful

acute, astute, discerning, insightful, keen, knowing, perceptive, sagacious, sage, sapient, savvy, wise

cerebral, erudite, highbrow, intellectual, knowledgeable, learned, literate, scholarly, thinking, well-read

crafty, cunning, foxy, shrewd, wily

judicious, prudent, sane, sensible, sound

Antonyms of brain-dead

apt, brainy, bright, brilliant, clever, fast, intelligent, keen, nimble, quick, quick-witted, sharp, sharp-witted, smart

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