Definition of BRAINLESS

brainless

Meanings

Adjective Satellite

  • not using intelligence

Adj

  • Having no brain.
  • Unintelligent, with little common sense.
  • Overly repetitive and unchallenging, not requiring any careful attention or providing any significant stimulation.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English braynles; equivalent to brain + -less.

Synonyms

addlebrained, addlepated, airheaded, anencephalous, ass-brained, bee-brained, beef-witted, beefheaded, beetle-headed, birdbrained, blockheaded, Boeotian, boneheaded, boofheaded, brainless, bubbleheaded, buffle-headed, bullet-headed, cerebrally challenged, childish, chowderheaded, chuckleheaded, crackbrained, cretinous, dense, dented, dim, dim-bulb, dim-headed, dim-witted, doltish, dopey, dozy, drowsy, dull, dull-headed, dull-minded, dull-witted, dumb, dumb as a bag of hammers, dumb as a box of rocks, dumb as a doorknob, dumb as a post, dumb as a sack of hammers, dumb as an ox, dumb as dirt, dumber than a box of rocks, dumber than a rock, dunderheaded, empty-headed, fatheaded, feeble-minded, flea-brained, foolish, fuckwitted, fuzzy-headed, fuzzy-minded, half-brained, half-witted, hammer-headed, headless, idiotic, imbecilic, inane, insipid, intellectually challenged, knuckleheaded, lamebrained, lowbrow, lumpish, lunkheaded, mentally challenged, mentally retarded, mindless, monosynaptic, moronic, muttonheaded, nitwitted, not the sharpest crayon in the box, not the sharpest knife in the drawer, not the sharpest tool in the shed, numbskulled, oafish, obtuse, peabrained, pratty, pudding-headed, puerile, purblind, quarter-witted, retarded, rockheaded, sharp as a bowling ball, sheep-headed, shit-for-brains, simple, slow, slow-witted, smooth-brained, stolid, stupid, thick, thick as a brick, thick as a plank, thick as a whale omelette, thick as champ, thick as mince, thick as pig shit, thick as two short planks, thick-skulled, thickheaded, thickwitted, unapprehensive, unclever, unintelligent, unsmart, vacant, vacuous, witless, wooden-headed, wool-headed, woolly-headed, woolly-minded

Antonyms

brainy, engrossing

Scrabble Score: 11

brainless is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
brainless is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
brainless is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 14

brainless is a valid Words With Friends word