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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | brain |
| Synonyms: | cranium, head, mind, scalp, skullcap, vertex |
| Notes: | a scull is a long-handled oar mounted at the stern of a boat and moved left and right to propel the boat forward - or a racing shell propelled by one, two, or four rowers each using a pair of sculls; a skull is the bony skeleton of the head of vertebrates the skull is the bony framework while the cranium is all the bones of the skull except for one, the mandible/lower jaw |
| Main Entry: | smart |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | intelligent |
| Synonyms: | acute, adept, agile, alert, apt, astute, bold, brainy, bright, brilliant, brisk, canny, clever, crafty, effective, eggheaded, fresh, genius, good, impertinent, ingenious, keen, knowing, long-haired, nervy, nimble, on the ball, pert, pointed, quick, quick-witted, ready, resourceful, sassy, sharp, shrewd, skull, slick*, whiz*, wise |
| Antonyms: | dull, stupid, unintelligent |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | memento mori |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | reminder of death |
| Synonyms: | death's-head, memoirs, memorial, memories, reminder of human failure, reminder of mortality, skull |
| Main Entry: | noodle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | head |
| Synonyms: | attic, belfry, brain, coconut, cranium, crown*, dome, gray matter, noddle, noggin, pate, poll, scalp, skull, think tank, thinker*, top story, upper story, upstairs |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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