BRAINCHILDREN Synonyms: 35 Similar and Opposite Words

brainchildren

noun

plural of brainchild

as in inventions

something (as a device) created for the first time through the use of the imagination the artificial language Esperanto was the brainchild of L. L. Zamenhof, a Polish oculist

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Answers were being found, but, in math, answers are often not very important; the insights and inventions that arise while working toward an answer matter much more.

— Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2026
The character cheerfully insisted that Scotch whisky, the Garden of Eden, and most other worthwhile inventions had originated in his homeland.

— Daniel Ross Goodman, The Washington Examiner, 30 Oct. 2026

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But some of the most consequential innovations are not the ideas themselves.

— Jeff Tkach, Forbes.com, 30 Oct. 2026
Perhaps Bernal, a brilliant scientist whose work with x-ray crystallography led to crucial innovations in the field, was merely engaging in a futuristic fable.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 Oct. 2026

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