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verb

ˈbrān-ˌstȯrm How to pronounce brainstorm (audio)
Definition of brainstormnext
as in to communicate
to engage in an exchange of information or ideas they brainstormed about ways to raise money for their organization

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brainstorm

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noun

1
as in brainstorming

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as in spasm

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brainstorm
  1. communicate
  2. brainstorming
  3. spasm
  4. talk
  5. inspiration
  6. convulsion
  7. imagination
  8. frenzy
Verb
  • The human gut microbiome plays a critical role in the body, communicating with the brain and maintaining the immune system through the gut-brain axis.
    Yasemin Saplakoglu, WIRED, 5 Jan. 2025
  • Inconsistent engagement could also communicate a lack of follow-through.
    John Hall, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
Definition of communicate
Noun
  • According to Yoon Ahn, the Ambush designer who collaborated with Osaka and Nike to create the head-turning ensembles, brainstorming began two years ago, not long after Osaka gave birth.
    Maya Singer, Vogue, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Host brainstorming sessions where all ideas are welcomed, no matter how unconventional.
    Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
Definition of brainstorming
Noun
  • An esophageal spasm occurs when the esophageal muscles contract abnormally.
    Mark Gurarie, Health, 20 Dec. 2024
  • While X-rays were negative for a fracture, Rhodes has been officially diagnosed with axial compression of the cervical spine, as well as a cervical strain with spasm.
    Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of spasm
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  • The opposition talked constantly about him too, adding to the widespread sense that the entire election was a referendum on the 10-year reign of Narendra Modi.
    Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 2 Jan. 2025
  • As The Athletic’s Freshman All-America selection at quarterback, Leavitt doesn’t need to talk a big game — his performance says plenty.
    Doug Haller, The Athletic, 1 Jan. 2025
Definition of talk
Noun
  • Surrealism also bled into literature and fashion, with the most notable fashion house taking inspiration from the movement being Schiaparelli, which famously collaborated with Dalí.
    Maggie Gillette, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Jan. 2025
  • Regardless, the initial television film, along with its sequel and the TV series, provided the inspiration for Chris Carter's The X-Files.
    Marc Berman, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
Definition of inspiration
Noun
  • Exposure to larger doses of the gas can cause loss of consciousness, cardiac arrest, possibly leading to death, coma, convulsions, paralysis, respiratory failure, and seizures.
    Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 25 Dec. 2024
  • Then there's Willem Dafoe as the eccentric Professor Albin Eberhart von Franz, who is enlisted to treat Ellen during her convulsions.
    Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of convulsion
Noun
  • The pink page was one reason the hotel was always that color in my imagination, but another was the pink façade from Wes Anderson’s Grand Budapest Hotel.
    Youmna Melhem Chamieh, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
  • Staged in the gallery’s basement, the exhibition suggested a theater of online shopping, where the dark room of the imagination meets the addictive malls of resale sites such as eBay, Etsy, Depop, and Buyee.
    Fiona Alison Duncan, ARTnews.com, 30 Dec. 2024
Definition of imagination
Noun
  • The king of college football will be back, and soon But Indiana’s CFP inclusion whipped the Big Ten’s detractors into a frenzy, as skeptics within and outside the SEC looked to discount the Hoosiers’ 11-win season because of their strength of schedule.
    Scott Dochterman, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
  • Look no further than the image of Jey Uso standing on the announcers’ table with Travis Scott and Pat McAfee during his entrance — whipping fans into a frenzy as a drone flew around him and out over the crowd — for a taste of the energy Uso brings to the ring.
    Joe Otterson, Variety, 8 Jan. 2025
Definition of frenzy
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