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brains

noun as in astuteness

noun as in brainpower

noun as in gray matter

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If you read the reactions, she was billed as ‘Beauty and Brains.’

Three films about British brains show the trouble of bringing otherworldly intelligence to the big screen.

Even Tony Hogue and his friend, who was a JF Images booking agent, had trouble wrapping their brains around it.

But both Lauper and the Brains kept on doing new versions over the years.

It took a special, meticulous kind of person to accomplish the undertaking, someone with brains, patience, and nerves of steel.

Rather blow out your own brains than treat with enmity those who are your liberators.

Any Frenchman having Lord Granville's brains would make a great deal more out of them in a speech.

The rich dark coloring is the pledge of your safety—better there than darkening your own brains.

The Irish, according to Everards, used large quantities of snuff "to purge their brains."

We do not blame the maniac who burns a house down and brains a policeman, nor the mad dog who bites a minor poet.

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On this page you'll find 1003 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to brains, such as: acuity, awareness, brilliance, guile, ingenuity, and insight.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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