Brain

//bɹeɪn//

Synonyms for "brain" (208 found)

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Related words (104)

lay low leader liver liver and lights lung mastermind medullary sheath mens mental capacity mentality midgut mother wit nerve nerve trunk nervous system neuron noddle noggin noodle nous

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Noun(17 words)

learning ability lip service mastermind mental capacity mentality nous oral sex psyche rocket scientist superbrain thinker top toppy wit wonder wozzles wunderkind

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19 relation types

More general

12 entries

cognition hit intellect intellectual intelligence kill knowledge neural structure noesis organ organs variety meat

Synonyms

3 entries

genius harns mind

at location

2 entries

person skull

capable of

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control body splatter

dbpedia field

2 entries

neurology neuroscience

defined as

2 entries

most complex organ in many animals seat of knowledge

derived

274 entries

'tweenbrain 'twixt-brain Boltzmann brain Bowmar Brain Fox News brain Jupiter brain Matrioshka brain Metroidbrainia addle-brain afterbrain assbrain baby brain battle of the brains beanbrain beat one's brain beat one's brains out

Showing 16 of 274 words.

has a

2 entries

ancient modern part tens of billions of neurons

has context

2 entries

slang vulgar

has property

2 entries

complex in function electrical organ

holonym

3 entries

body central nervous system nervous system

is a

14 entries

academic journal biological organ electrical organ encased in bone mass intelligence internal organ large mass of grey tissue neural structure organ part of human body phenomenal biological computer software variety meat where mind exists

made of

1 entries

neurons

manner of

2 entries

hit kill

meronym

15 entries

cerebellum cerebral cortex cerebral hemisphere diencephalon forebrain hindbrain medulla oblongata mesencephalon metencephalon midbrain myelencephalon pons prosencephalon rhombencephalon telencephalon

part of

6 entries

body central nervous system head human body nervous system person

receives action

2 entries

connected to brain stem protected by skull

related to

33 entries

action animal attention calculation cells central nervous system cognition computer conceive destroy emotion head head organ human brain in head inside

Showing 16 of 33 words.

used for

4 entries

invent new gadgets think think and learn thinking

Translations

481 translations across 232 languages.

Abkhaz

1 entries

ахшыбаҩ noun (organ)

Adyghe

1 entries

куцӏы noun (organ)

Afrikaans

2 entries

brein noun (organ)
harsings noun (organ)

Aklanon

1 entries

utok noun (organ)

Albanian

1 entries

tru noun (organ)

Amharic

1 entries

አንጐል noun (organ)

Ancient Greek

1 entries

ἐγκέφαλος noun (organ)

Ao

1 entries

tokolok (Chungli) noun (organ)

Arabic

4 entries

دماغ noun (organ)
دماغ noun (organ)
دماغ noun (organ)
دِماغ noun (organ)

Aragonese

1 entries

celebro noun (organ)

Aramaic

1 entries

ܡܘܚܐ noun (organ)

Armenian

4 entries

գլուխ noun (person providing intelligence)
խելք noun (intelligent person)
խելք noun (brains: intellect)
խելքի տոպրակ noun (intelligent person)

Aromanian

3 entries

crier (roa-rup) noun (organ)
midulj (roa-rup) noun (organ)
mãduã (roa-rup) noun (organ)

Assamese

1 entries

মগজু noun (organ)

Asturian

2 entries

cerebru noun (organ)
cerebru noun (brains: intellect)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

beyin noun (organ)

Bashkir

1 entries

мейе noun (organ)

Basque

1 entries

garun noun (organ)

Bau Bidayuh

2 entries

otok noun (organ)
otok noun (organ)

Belarusian

4 entries

глузд noun (brains: intellect)
мо́заг noun (organ)
мозг noun (organ)
рассу́дак noun (brains: intellect)

Bengali

4 entries

জ্ঞানী noun (intelligent person)
বিদ্যান noun (intelligent person)
বুদ্ধি noun (brains: intellect)
মগজ noun (organ)

Bhojpuri

1 entries

दिमाग noun (organ)

Bikol Central

1 entries

hutok noun (organ)

Binukid

1 entries

utek noun (organ)

Breton

1 entries

empenn noun (organ)

Buginese

1 entries

uta noun (organ)

Bulgarian

4 entries

мо́зък noun (organ)
мо́зък noun (intelligent person)
мо́зък noun (person providing intelligence)
разсъ́дък noun (brains: intellect)

Burmese

1 entries

ဦးနှောက် noun (organ)

Buryat

1 entries

тархи noun (organ)

Carpathian Rusyn

1 entries

мо́зоґ noun (organ)

Catalan

2 entries

cervell noun (organ)
cervell noun (person providing intelligence)

Cebuano

1 entries

utok noun (organ)

Central Kurdish

1 entries

مێشک noun (organ)

Chechen

2 entries

хье noun (organ)
хьекъал noun (organ)

Cherokee

1 entries

ᎤᏅᏥᏓ noun (organ)

Chinese

3 entries

нозы noun (organ)
腦 /脑 noun (organ)
腦部 /脑部 noun (organ)

Chinese Cantonese

3 entries

腦 /脑 noun (organ)
腦 /脑 noun (brains: intellect)
腦部 /脑部 noun (organ)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

智力 noun (brains: intellect)
智者 noun (person providing intelligence)
聰明人 /聪明人 noun (intelligent person)
腦 /脑 noun (organ)

Church Slavic

2 entries

мозгъ noun (organ)
ⰿⱁⰸⰳⱏ noun (organ)

Chuvash

1 entries

миме noun (organ)

Cornish

1 entries

ympynnyon noun (organ)

Crimean Tatar

2 entries

dimağ noun (organ)
miy noun (organ)

Czech

3 entries

mozek noun (organ)
mozek noun (person providing intelligence)
mozek noun (part of computer)

Dakota

1 entries

nasúna noun (organ)

Dalmatian

1 entries

carviale noun (organ)

Danish

1 entries

hjerne noun (organ)

Dargwa

1 entries

мехӏе noun (organ)

Dari

2 entries

دِمَاغ noun (organ)
مَغْز noun (organ)

Dhivehi

1 entries

ސިކުނޑި noun (organ)

Dupaningan Agta

1 entries

utak noun (organ)

Dutch

4 entries

brein noun (organ)
brein noun (intelligent person)
brein noun (person providing intelligence)
breinbaas noun (intelligent person)

Eastern Arrernte

1 entries

akurrknge noun (organ)

Eastern Mari

2 entries

вем noun (organ)
вуйдорык noun (organ)

Eastern Min Chinese

1 entries

頭腦 /头脑 noun (organ)

Egyptian

2 entries

A-i-s-Aa3:n-D:n-n:t-tp-Z1 noun (organ)
a-m-m-H8 noun (organ)

Elfdalian

1 entries

ienne noun (organ)

Erzya

2 entries

пряудем noun (organ)
удем noun (organ)

Esperanto

4 entries

cerbo noun (organ)
cerbo noun (brains: intellect)
encefalo noun (organ)
intelekto noun (brains: intellect)

Estonian

4 entries

aju noun (organ)
aju noun (intelligent person)
aju noun (part of computer)
aru noun (brains: intellect)

Even

1 entries

иргэ noun (organ)

Evenki

1 entries

иргэ noun (organ)

Faroese

1 entries

heili noun (organ)

Finnish

4 entries

aivot noun (organ)
aivot noun (person providing intelligence)
aivot noun (brains: intellect)
aivot noun (part of computer)

French

4 entries

cerveau noun (organ)
cerveau noun (intelligent person)
cerveau noun (person providing intelligence)
cervelle noun (organ)

Friulian

2 entries

cerviel noun (organ)
čurviel noun (organ)

Galician

1 entries

cerebro noun (organ)

Georgian

1 entries

ტვინი noun (organ)

German

4 entries

Gehirn noun (organ)
Grips noun (brains: intellect)
Hirn noun (organ)
Hirn noun (brains: intellect)

Greek

4 entries

διάνοια noun (intelligent person)
εγκέφαλος noun (organ)
εγκέφαλος noun (person providing intelligence)
εγκέφαλος noun (part of computer)

Greenlandic

1 entries

qarasaq noun (organ)

Gujarati

1 entries

મગજ noun (organ)

Guugu Yimidhirr

1 entries

garu noun (organ)

Haitian Creole

2 entries

sèvo noun (organ)
sèvèl noun (organ)

Hakka Chinese

1 entries

頭腦 /头脑 noun (organ)

Hawaiian

1 entries

lolo noun (organ)

Hebrew

2 entries

מוח \ מֹחַ noun (organ)
שֵׂכֶל noun (brains: intellect)

Higaonon

1 entries

otok noun (organ)

Hiligaynon

1 entries

utok noun (organ)

Hindi

4 entries

दिमाग़ noun (organ)
बुद्धि noun (brains: intellect)
बुद्धिमान noun (intelligent person)
भेजा noun (organ)

Hungarian

1 entries

agy noun (organ)

Icelandic

1 entries

heili noun (organ)

Ido

1 entries

cerebro noun (organ)

Ilocano

1 entries

utek noun (organ)

Indonesian

2 entries

benak noun (organ)
otak noun (organ)

Ingrian

1 entries

aivo noun (organ)

Ingush

1 entries

хьоа noun (organ)

Interlingua

1 entries

cerebro noun (organ)

Iranian Persian

2 entries

دِماغ noun (organ)
مَغْز noun (organ)

Irish

1 entries

inchinn noun (organ)

Italian

2 entries

cervella noun (organ)
cervello noun (organ)

Ivatan

1 entries

otek (ivv) noun (organ)

Japanese

4 entries

智者 noun (intelligent person)
知力 noun (brains: intellect)
知的指導者 noun (person providing intelligence)
知能 noun (brains: intellect)

Javanese

1 entries

utek noun (organ)

Jeju

2 entries

골머리 noun (organ)
머릿골 noun (organ)

Kabuverdianu

3 entries

cerebro noun (organ)
cerébr' noun (organ)
sirébru noun (organ)

Kaitag

1 entries

маъ noun (organ)

Kalmyk

1 entries

экн noun (organ)

Kannada

3 entries

ಮಸ್ತಿಷ್ಕ noun (organ)
ಮಿದುಳು noun (organ)
ಮೆದುಳು noun (organ)

Kapampangan

1 entries

utak noun (organ)

Karelian

1 entries

aivot noun (organ)

Kashubian

1 entries

mùsk noun (organ)

Kaurna

2 entries

mukamuka noun (organ)
ngarrumuka noun (organ)

Kazakh

1 entries

ми noun (organ)

Khiamniungan Naga

2 entries

khǖîe noun (organ)
khǖîe noun (person providing intelligence)

Khmer

1 entries

ខួរក្បាល noun (organ)

Kikuyu

1 entries

tombo noun (organ)

Kiput

1 entries

utek noun (organ)

Komi-Permyak

1 entries

вем noun (organ)

Komi-Zyrian

1 entries

вем noun (organ)

Korean

4 entries

골 noun (organ)
뇌 noun (organ)
뇌수 noun (organ)
두뇌 noun (organ)

Kyrgyz

1 entries

мээ noun (organ)

Lak

1 entries

ня noun (organ)

Lao

1 entries

ສະໝອງ noun (organ)

Latgalian

1 entries

smedzinis noun (organ)

Latin

1 entries

cerebrum noun (organ)

Latvian

3 entries

prāts noun (brains: intellect)
smadzenes noun (organ)
smadzenes noun (brains: intellect)

Lenakel

1 entries

nenourək noun (organ)

Lezgi

1 entries

мефтӏ noun (organ)

Lithuanian

2 entries

protas noun (brains: intellect)
smegenys noun (organ)

Lombard

1 entries

cervell noun (organ)

Low German

1 entries

Brägen noun (organ)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries

mórzgi noun (organ)

Luxembourgish

1 entries

Gehir noun (organ)

Lü

1 entries

ᦀᦸᧅᧈᦶᦀᧅᧈ noun (organ)

Macedonian

1 entries

мозок noun (organ)

Makasar

1 entries

uta noun (organ)

Malagasy

1 entries

atidoha noun (organ)

Malay

2 entries

benak noun (organ)
otak noun (organ)

Malayalam

4 entries

തലച്ചോറ് noun (organ)
തലച്ചോറ് noun (person providing intelligence)
ബുദ്ധി noun (brains: intellect)
ബുദ്ധികേന്ദ്രം noun (person providing intelligence)

Maltese

1 entries

moħħ noun (organ)

Manchu

1 entries

ᡶᡝᡥᡳ noun (organ)

Mansaka

1 entries

otok noun (organ)

Maranao

1 entries

otek noun (organ)

Marathi

1 entries

मेंदू noun (organ)

Moksha

1 entries

уй noun (organ)

Mongolian

2 entries

тархи noun (organ)
ᠲᠠᠷᠢᠬᠢ noun (organ)

Māori

3 entries

ihomatua noun (brains: intellect)
mōhio noun (intelligent person)
roro noun (organ)

Nahuatl

1 entries

cuātextli noun (organ)

Nanai

1 entries

игэ noun (organ)

Navajo

1 entries

atsiighąąʼ noun (organ)

Nepali

1 entries

मस्तिष्क noun (organ)

Nivkh

1 entries

ӈаўр̌к noun (organ)

Norman

1 entries

chèrvé noun (organ)

North Frisian

1 entries

Brain noun (organ)

Northern Kurdish

2 entries

demax noun (organ)
mejî noun (organ)

Northern Min Chinese

1 entries

頭腦 /头脑 noun (organ)

Northern Thai

1 entries

ᩋᩬᨠᩋᩴᩬ noun (organ)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

hjerne noun (organ)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries

heile noun (organ)
hjerne noun (organ)

Occitan

1 entries

cervèl noun (organ)

Odia

1 entries

ମସ୍ତିଷ୍କ noun (organ)

Ojibwe

1 entries

niinindib noun (organ)

Old East Slavic

1 entries

мозгъ noun (organ)

Old English

1 entries

bræġn noun (organ)

Old High German

1 entries

hirni noun (organ)

Old Saxon

1 entries

hirni noun (organ)

Old Slovak

1 entries

mozgy noun (organ)

Oromo

1 entries

sammuu noun (organ)

Ossetian

1 entries

магъз noun (organ)

Ottoman Turkish

4 entries

بینی noun (organ)
دماغ noun (organ)
مخ noun (organ)
مغز noun (organ)

Pali

1 entries

matthaluṅga noun (organ)

Pannonian Rusyn

1 entries

мозоґ noun (organ)

Pashto

1 entries

ماغزه noun (organ)

Pattani Malay

1 entries

اوْتاوْء noun (organ)

Piedmontese

1 entries

sërvel noun (organ)

Polish

4 entries

głowa noun (brains: intellect)
intelekt noun (brains: intellect)
mózg noun (organ)
mózg noun (person providing intelligence)

Portuguese

4 entries

cabeça noun (intelligent person)
cabeça noun (person providing intelligence)
crânio noun (intelligent person)
cérebro noun (organ)

Punjabi

2 entries

دِماغ noun (organ)
ਦਿਮਾਗ਼ noun (organ)

Quechua

2 entries

togşu noun (organ)
ñutgo noun (organ)

Romanian

3 entries

creier noun (organ)
erudit noun (intelligent person)
intelect noun (brains: intellect)

Romansch

1 entries

tscharvè noun (organ)

Russian

4 entries

башка́ noun (brains: intellect)
голова́ noun (person providing intelligence)
голова́ noun (brains: intellect)
головно́й мозг noun (organ)

Sanskrit

2 entries

तेजस noun (organ)
मस्तिष्क noun (organ)

Santali

2 entries

ᱦᱟᱛᱟᱲ noun (organ)
ᱵᱷᱮᱡᱟ noun (organ)

Sardinian

4 entries

carbeddu noun (organ)
carbedhu noun (organ)
carveddu noun (organ)
carvedha noun (organ)

Scots

1 entries

harn noun (organ)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries

eanchainn noun (organ)
eanchainn noun (brains: intellect)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

mȍzak noun (organ)
мо̏зак noun (organ)

Shan

1 entries

ဢွၵ်းဢေႃ noun (organ)

Sicilian

1 entries

ciriveddu noun (organ)

Sinhalese

1 entries

මොළයේ noun (organ)

Slovak

1 entries

mozog noun (organ)

Slovene

2 entries

možgani noun (organ)
možgani noun (brains: intellect)

Somali

1 entries

maskax noun (organ)

Sotho

1 entries

boko noun (organ)

Southern Altai

1 entries

мее noun (organ)

Spanish

4 entries

cerebral noun (organ)
cerebro noun (organ)
seso noun (brains: intellect)
sesudez noun (brains: intellect)

Sudovian

2 entries

mazgena noun (organ)
stirgena noun (organ)

Swahili

4 entries

bongo noun (intelligent person)
bongo noun (person providing intelligence)
bongo noun (brains: intellect)
bongo noun (part of computer)

Swedish

3 entries

förstånd noun (brains: intellect)
hjärna noun (organ)
hjärna noun (person providing intelligence)

Tagalog

3 entries

matalino noun (intelligent person)
talino noun (brains: intellect)
utak noun (organ)

Tajik

1 entries

мағз noun (organ)

Tamil

1 entries

மூளை noun (organ)

Tarifit

2 entries

amerɣiɣ noun (organ)
aǧi noun (organ)

Tatar

1 entries

ми noun (organ)

Tausug

1 entries

utuk noun (organ)

Telugu

1 entries

మెదడు noun (organ)

Tetum

1 entries

kakutak noun (organ)

Thai

2 entries

มันสมอง noun (organ)
สมอง noun (organ)

Tibetan

1 entries

ཀླད་པ noun (organ)

Tigrinya

1 entries

ሓንጎል noun (organ)

Tundra Nenets

2 entries

нгэвэй noun (organ)
немэй noun (organ)

Turkish

4 entries

anlak noun (brains: intellect)
beyin noun (organ)
beyin noun (part of computer)
bilge noun (intelligent person)

Turkmen

1 entries

beýin noun (organ)

Tuvan

1 entries

мээ noun (organ)

Tày

2 entries

oóc áy noun (organ)
oóc éc noun (organ)

Ukrainian

4 entries

глузд noun (brains: intellect)
мо́зок noun (organ)
мо́зок noun (person providing intelligence)
ро́зум noun (brains: intellect)

Unami

1 entries

tëmp noun (organ)

Upper Sorbian

1 entries

mozy noun (organ)

Urdu

3 entries

بھیجا noun (organ)
دِماغ noun (organ)
مَغْز noun (organ)

Uyghur

1 entries

مېڭە noun (organ)

Uzbek

1 entries

miya noun (organ)

Venetan

4 entries

cèlebro noun (organ)
sarveło noun (organ)
serveło noun (organ)
servèl noun (organ)

Vietnamese

3 entries

não noun (organ)
trí óc noun (brains: intellect)
óc noun (organ)

Volapük

1 entries

brein noun (organ)

Votic

1 entries

ajud noun (organ)

Walloon

1 entries

cervea noun (organ)

Waray-Waray

1 entries

utok noun (organ)

Warlpiri

1 entries

ngukunypa noun (organ)

Welsh

1 entries

ymennydd noun (organ)

West Coast Bajau

1 entries

utok noun (organ)

West-Frisian

2 entries

brein noun (organ)
harsens noun (organ)

Western Apache

1 entries

bitsighąąʼ noun (organ)

Wiradjuri

1 entries

kábuka noun (organ)

Wolof

1 entries

yóor noun (organ)

Wu Chinese

2 entries

腦 /脑 noun (organ)
腦子 /脑子 noun (organ)

Yakut

1 entries

мэйии noun (organ)

Yami

1 entries

etek noun (organ)

Yiddish

2 entries

געהירן noun (organ)
מוח noun (organ)

Yoruba

2 entries

ọpọlọ noun (organ)
ọ̀bụ́tụ̀n noun (organ)

Zazaki

2 entries

megz (diq) noun (organ)
mezg (diq) noun (organ)

Zhuang

3 entries

ngog noun (organ)
uk noun (organ)
ukek noun (organ)

Sample sentences

34 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

When the body is touched, receptors in the skin send messages to the brain causing the release of chemicals such as endorphins.

Source: tatoeba (1728)

There are days where I feel like my brain wants to abandon me.

Source: tatoeba (1830)

The brain is just a complicated machine.

Source: tatoeba (1846)

Students discussed the problem of brain death for a long time.

Source: tatoeba (21422)

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Translations

Abkhaz

Adyghe

Afrikaans

Aklanon

Albanian

Amharic

Ancient Greek

Ao

Arabic

Aragonese

Aramaic

Armenian

Aromanian

Assamese

Asturian

Azerbaijani

Bashkir

Basque

Bau Bidayuh

Belarusian

Bengali

Bhojpuri

Bikol Central

Binukid

Breton

Buginese

Bulgarian

Burmese

Buryat

Carpathian Rusyn

Catalan

Cebuano

Central Kurdish

Chechen

Cherokee

Chinese

Chinese Cantonese

Chinese Mandarin

Church Slavic

Chuvash

Cornish

Crimean Tatar

Czech

Dakota

Dalmatian

Danish

Dargwa

Dari

Dhivehi

Dupaningan Agta

Dutch

Eastern Arrernte

Eastern Mari

Eastern Min Chinese