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plural of brain
Synonyms & Antonyms of brains
(Entry 1 of 2)
the ability to learn and understand or to deal with problems
- you have the brains to figure out that problem on your own
Synonyms for brains
Words Related to brains
Near Antonyms for brains
brains
verb
present tense third-person singular of brain
Synonyms of brains (Entry 2 of 2)
as in beans, skulls
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for brains
- canes,
- clubs,
- cudgels,
- flails,
- flogs,
- lashes,
- saps,
- slashes,
- sledgehammers,
- sledges,
- spears,
- stabs,
- switches,
- thrashes,
- whips
- bowls (down or over),
- creams,
- decks,
- dumps
- [slang],
- fells,
- floors,
- knocks down,
- levels
- batters,
- beats,
- buffets,
- bungs,
- chops,
- cuffs,
- drubs,
- laces,
- lambastes
- (or lambasts),
- licks,
- mangles,
- mauls,
- pelts,
- peppers,
- pommels,
- pummels,
- roughs
- bangs,
- bashes,
- bats,
- belts,
- biffs,
- bludgeons,
- bobs,
- bonks,
- bops,
- boxes,
- busts,
- claps,
- clips,
- clobbers,
- clocks,
- clouts,
- cracks,
- hammers,
- hits,
- knocks,
- nails,
- pastes,
- pounds,
- punches,
- raps,
- slams,
- slaps,
- slogs,
- slugs,
- smacks,
- smites,
- socks,
- strikes,
- swats,
- swipes,
- tags,
- thumps,
- thwacks,
- wallops,
- whacks,
- whales,
- zaps
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“Brains.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brains. Accessed 28 Sep. 2021.
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