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- [brey-nee]
- /ˈbreɪ ni/
- /ˈbreɪ.ni/
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- [brey-nee]
- /ˈbreɪ ni/
Definitions of brainy word
- adjective brainy Someone who is brainy is clever and good at learning. 3
- adjective brainy clever; intelligent 3
- adjective brainy having a good mind; intelligent 3
- adjective brainy intelligent; clever; intellectual. 1
- adjective brainy intelligent 1
- adjective brainy (Informal) Very intellectually capable. 0
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Origin of brainy
First appearance:
before 1835 One of the 34% newest English words
First recorded in 1835-45; brain + -y1
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Parts of speech for Brainy
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
brainy popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 73% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
brainy usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for brainy
adj brainy
- brilliant — A brilliant person, idea, or performance is extremely clever or skilful.
- bright — A bright colour is strong and noticeable, and not dark.
- clever — Someone who is clever is intelligent and able to understand things easily or plan things well.
- intellectual — appealing to or engaging the intellect: intellectual pursuits.
- sapient — having or showing great wisdom or sound judgment.
Antonyms for brainy
adj brainy
- bedlamite — a lunatic; insane person
- birdbrained — a stupid, foolish, or scatterbrained person.
- close-knit — A close-knit group of people are closely linked, do things together, and take an interest in each other.
- daft — If you describe a person or their behaviour as daft, you think that they are stupid, impractical, or rather strange.
- dense — Something that is dense contains a lot of things or people in a small area.
adjective brainy
- numskulled — Alternative form of numbskulled.
- whacko — wacko.
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