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cerebral

ce·re·bral
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [suh-ree-bruh l, ser-uh-]
    • /səˈri brəl, ˈsɛr ə-/
    • /ˈser.ɪ.brəl/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [suh-ree-bruh l, ser-uh-]
    • /səˈri brəl, ˈsɛr ə-/

Definitions of cerebral word

  • adjective cerebral If you describe someone or something as cerebral, you mean that they are intellectual rather than emotional. 3
  • adjective cerebral Cerebral means relating to the brain. 3
  • adjective cerebral of or relating to the cerebrum or to the entire brain 3
  • adjective cerebral involving intelligence rather than emotions or instinct 3
  • noun cerebral a consonant articulated in the manner of a cacuminal consonant 3
  • adjective cerebral of the brain or the cerebrum 3
See all 18 definitions of cerebral

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Origin of cerebral

First appearance:

before 1795
One of the 43% newest English words
From the New Latin word cerebrālis, dating back to 1795-1805. See cerebrum, -al1

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Parts of speech for Cerebral

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Cerebral

cerebral popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% 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".

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Synonyms for cerebral

adj cerebral

  • analytical — An analytical way of doing something involves the use of logical reasoning.
  • intelligent — having good understanding or a high mental capacity; quick to comprehend, as persons or animals: an intelligent student.
  • intellectual — appealing to or engaging the intellect: intellectual pursuits.
  • brainy — Someone who is brainy is clever and good at learning.
  • deep — If something is deep, it extends a long way down from the ground or from the top surface of something.

adjective cerebral

  • rational — agreeable to reason; reasonable; sensible: a rational plan for economic development.
  • highbrow — a person of superior intellectual interests and tastes.
  • logical — according to or agreeing with the principles of logic: a logical inference.
All 11 Synonyms of cerebral

Antonyms for cerebral

adjective cerebral

  • intuitive — perceiving directly by intuition without rational thought, as a person or the mind.
Just one Antonym for cerebral

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Related words

  • association area

    any of the regions of the cerebral cortex of the brain connected by numerous nerve fibers to all parts of both cerebral hemispheres and coordinating such higher activities as learning and reasoning.

  • cerebral palsy

    Cerebral palsy is a condition caused by damage to a baby's brain before or during its birth, which makes its limbs and muscles permanently weak.

  • hippocampus

    Classical Mythology. a sea horse with two forefeet, and a body ending in the tail of a dolphin or fish.

  • agrammatism

    a type of aphasia, usually caused by cerebral disease, characterized by an inability to construct a grammatical or intelligible sentence while retaining the ability to speak single words.

  • agraphia

    loss of the ability to write, resulting from a brain lesion

  • association fiber

    any of several nerve fibers connecting different areas of the cerebral cortex in the same hemisphere.
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