1
as in genius
a very smart person
the brains all sit together at lunch
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2
as in intelligence
often brains plural
the ability to learn and understand or to deal with problems
you have the brains to figure out that problem on your own
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as in mind
the part of a person that feels, thinks, perceives, wills, and especially reasons
I'd love to get inside his brain and experience the world as he experiences it
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as in to skull
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Recent Examples of brain
Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 21 Mar. 2025
Hormonal shifts may also alter how brain cells are produced and connect with other cells and may lower the brain’s main fuel source, glucose.
—Erica Sweeney, SELF, 21 Mar. 2025
Dalton Ross, EW.com, 16 Oct. 2023
Bird brains With a population of over 27 million and counting, crows seem almost ubiquitous across the US.
—Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Ars Technica, 13 Sep. 2023
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Noun
An autopsy suggested Camarena's death was caused by a puncture through the skull and into the brain, likely from a steel rebar or tire iron.
—Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 21 Mar. 2025
Hormonal shifts may also alter how brain cells are produced and connect with other cells and may lower the brain’s main fuel source, glucose.
—Erica Sweeney, SELF, 21 Mar. 2025
Verb
And Daryl, of course, is defined in part by the death of Merle and having brained Merle.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 16 Oct. 2023
Bird brains With a population of over 27 million and counting, crows seem almost ubiquitous across the US.
—Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Ars Technica, 13 Sep. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brain
Noun
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This is like one of Larry David's torturous self-debates on Curb Your Enthusiasm, but without his perverse genius, his wheedling, preening hostility.—
Tom Gliatto,
People.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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The titular middle child is revealed to be a genuine genius with the IQ of 165 in the first episode, and the first few seasons revolve around an intellectual young boy living in a quite less-than-intellectual family.—
Daniel R. Depetris,
Newsweek,
25 Mar. 2025
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In this sense, artificial intelligence remains quite unlike, and less capable than, human intelligence.—
Rob Toews,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
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Three of its members are in NATO, and there are already indicators that former and current members of the intelligence community across the Five Eyes are concerned over how the alliance could be compromised with Trump at the helm.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
22 Mar. 2025
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Keep in mind that power lines that are laying on the ground may be live.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
30 Mar. 2025
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If the issue isn’t fully resolved, take a break and return to it later with a clearer mind.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
30 Mar. 2025
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And, most incredibly, not after skulling a bunker shot on the par-5 14th, then hacking out to 30 feet.—
Daniel Rapaport,
SI.com,
13 June 2019
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The ball was sitting on such tight grass that he easily could have chunked or skulled it.—
Daniel Rapaport,
SI.com,
17 June 2019
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Can your brain be trained to become a chart-predicting wizard?—
Dividend Channel,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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See It, Feel It, Buy It Six years after The Who released Tommy, the British rockers followed it with a 1975 film starring Roger Daltrey as the titular pinball wizard.—
Joe Lynch,
Billboard,
26 Mar. 2025
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Good American Family is about Natalia Grace, a child adopted by Kristine and Michael Barnett who already have three children of their own, one of whom has autism and a genius-level intellect.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
20 Mar. 2025
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The main theme is not just about the religious persecution of the truth, but rather the conflict between the church and the pursuit of knowledge and humanity’s intellect.—
Rafael Motamayor,
IndieWire,
15 Mar. 2025
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With your celestial ruler, Mercury, also entering Aries on March 3, this area of your chart with become emphasized, urging you to dig into the deeper aspects of your psyche.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
1 Mar. 2025
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But even Inside Out’s biggest fans can admit the movie was already barely hanging onto its internal logic of personality elements working as an uneasy team to create a child’s psyche.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
28 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Many get beaned by water balloon-wielding children.—
Luann Gibbs,
The Enquirer,
24 July 2024
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Pete Alonso hit a one-out double and Muñoz (1-5) loaded the bases by beaning Mark Vientos and walking DJ Stewart.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
20 July 2024
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“Brain.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brain. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.
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