Synonyms of brainpower

brainpower

noun

ˈbrān-ˌpau̇(-ə)r 

as in intellect

the ability to learn and understand or to deal with problems

the president's inner circle of advisers just didn't seem to have the brainpower to deal with the crisis

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of brainpower

What really matters, therefore, is not brainpower but the willingness to run the mental marathons that produce high-quality results. — David Brooks, The Atlantic, 28 June 2026

He is chided for his opinions on race and for believing that women have less brainpower than men. — Elizabeth Kolbert, New Yorker, 22 June 2026

Making an impact, seriously reaching people, doesn’t take an exorbitant amount of brainpower, a secret formula or a sleek, new artificial intelligence model. — Alec Lewis, New York Times, 18 June 2026

The media frenzy surrounding AI in higher education has largely painted the Gen Z and Gen Alpha students adapting this new world as lazy or entitled, content to skate by on artificial brainpower. — Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, 21 May 2026