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brains

noun , plural of brain

Synonyms and Antonyms of brains

the ability to learn and understand or to deal with problems

you have the brains to figure out that problem on your own

Synonyms of brains

brainpower, gray matter, headpiece, intellect, intellectuality, intelligence, mentality, reason, sense, smarts

Words Related to brains

eggheadedness, highbrowism, intellectualism

braininess, brilliance

acumen, alertness, apprehension, astuteness, discernment, discriminability, insight, judgment (or judgement), perception, percipience, perspicacity

common sense, horse sense, mother wit

aptitude, talent

sagacity, sapience, wisdom, wit

head, mind, skull

Near Antonyms of brains

denseness, density, doltishness, dopiness, dullness (also dulness), dumbness, fatuity, feeblemindedness, foolishness, half-wittedness, idiocy, imbecility, senselessness, simpleness, slowness, stupidity

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