Definition of brains

Scrabble & Words with friends points


  • brains is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 8
  • brains is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 8
  • brains is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 10

Definition of brains


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

    Synonyms

    1. head
    2. mind
    3. nous
    4. psyche
  • mental ability (noun)

    Examples

    1. he's got plenty of brains but no common sense

    Synonyms

    1. brainpower
    2. learning ability
    3. mental capacity
    4. mentality
    5. wit
  • someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. brainiac
    2. einstein
    3. genius
    4. mastermind
  • that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. encephalon
  • hit on the head (verb)
  • kill by smashing someone's skull (verb)
  • the brain of certain animals used as meat (noun)

See definition of brains in Merriam Webster