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

If Pangram’s tools are accurate, 260 out of 310 people who published guest articles in the NYT, WSJ, and Washington Post did it entirely with their own brains (or perhaps the brains of an underling). — Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 27 Aug. 2026

The study described the importance of reducing stigma about cognitive decline, helping people care for their brains to decrease dementia risk and acknowledging the impacts dementia has on families and households. — Hillary Lum, The Conversation, 27 Aug. 2026

The gut microbiome can affect our brains by changing our immune systems and our metabolism, Cox said. — Norah O'Donnell, CBS News, 26 Aug. 2026

Older brains are more likely to fail under protein buildup or reduced blood flow. — Mike McRae 26, New Atlas, 26 Aug. 2026

Maybe the character’s popularity even helped prime pop culture to fully appreciate a certain silent producer, a woman for whom breasts and brains were never mutually exclusive. — Judy Berman, Time, 26 Aug. 2026

Sometimes after a traumatic brain injury, people can lose confidence in their ability to use their brains. — Connie Etermadi, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026

Researchers behind the study, the largest ever of deceased NFL players’ brains, said the true prevalence of brain disease at death was probably higher. — Rick Maese, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2026

But much of the brain-imaging research has looked at women around midlife and measured their brains at one point in time. — Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 25 Aug. 2026

Phrases Containing brains

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