brainy (ˈbreɪnɪ
)
Definitions
adjective
Word forms: brainier, brainiest
- informal clever; intelligent
Alternative Forms
ˈbrainily adverb ˈbraininess nounSynonyms
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- British English:
brainy
Someone who is brainy is clever and good at learning.I don't class myself as being very intelligent or brainy.ˈbreɪnɪ ADJECTIVE I don't class myself as being very intelligent or brainy.
- Spanish:
inteligente
adj
- French:
doué
adj
- German:
gescheit
adj
- Chinese: 聪明的 adj
- Arabic: ذَكِيّ adj
- Portuguese: inteligente adj
- Russian: мозговитый adj мозговитая
- Croatian: pametan adj pametna
- Czech: chytrý adj
- Danish: klog adj
- Dutch: slim adj
- Finnish: älykäs adj
- Greek: έξυπνος adj έξυπνη
- Italian: intelligente adj
- Japanese: 頭のいい no_posp
- Korean: 총명한 adj
- Norwegian: begavet adj
- Polish: bystry adj bystra
- Brazilian Portuguese: inteligente adj
- European Spanish:
sesudo
adj sesuda
- Swedish: klyftig adj klyftigt
- Thai: ฉลาดมาก adj
- Turkish: akıllı adj
- Vietnamese: thông minh adj
Usage examples
On the lowest branch of that tree squatted a native at once more cautious and more brainy than his fellows.
, The Complete Stories Volume 2 (1995)The growth - which occurred in two spurts - may shed light on how humans became so brainy.
New Scientist (2004)Of Gates, he said: "He is a brainy man and he thinks extreme poverty is stupid.
canada.com (2005)They were humiliated by brainy Churchill College, Cambridge, who got 175 points.
Sun, News of the World (2001)The first thought is not only more accurate but usually more humble than its brainy but tricksy successor.
, SUNBATHING IN THE RAIN (2002)