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BRAINPOWER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does brainpower mean?
• BRAINPOWER (noun)
The noun BRAINPOWER has 1 sense:
1. mental ability
Familiarity information: BRAINPOWER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Mental ability
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
brain; brainpower; learning ability; mental capacity; mentality; wit
Context example:
he's got plenty of brains but no common sense
Hypernyms ("brainpower" is a kind of...):
intelligence (the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience)
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