brain - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord

Synonyms

• brain
• encephalon

More generic

• neural structure

Related

• arteria communicans
• brain cell
• brain stem
• brain-stem
• brainstem
• circle of Willis
• communicating artery
• forebrain
• hindbrain
• mesencephalon
• midbrain
• neencephalon
• neoencephalon
• prosencephalon
• rhombencephalon
• ventricle

Related

• CNS
• caput
• central nervous system
• head
• systema nervosum centrale

Noun

that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason

Synonyms

• brain
• head
• mind
• nous
• psyche

More generic

• cognition
• knowledge
• noesis

More specific

• ego
• noddle
• subconscious
• subconscious mind
• tabula rasa
• unconscious
• unconscious mind

Noun

mental ability

Synonyms

• brain
• brainpower
• learning ability
• mental capacity
• mentality
• wit

More generic

• intelligence

Noun

the brain of certain animals used as meat

Synonyms

• brain

More generic

• organs
• variety meat

More specific

• calf's brain

Noun

someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality

Synonyms

• Einstein
• brain
• brainiac
• genius
• mastermind

More generic

• intellect
• intellectual

More specific

• prodigy

Verb

kill by smashing someone's skull

Synonyms

• brain

More generic

• kill

Verb

hit on the head

Synonyms

• brain

More generic

• hit

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