brainier
Having sharper wits
Brainier is the comparative form of brainy, meaning more intelligent or intellectually capable: She's brainier than her brother but he works harder.
The word carries a slightly informal, sometimes playful tone—you might call someone brainier in casual conversation but opt for "more intelligent" in formal writing.
intelligence
More intelligent
academic
Marked by serious learning
- studiousInclined toward serious learning
- eruditeProfoundly knowledgeable
- bookishDevoted to reading
- learnedHaving much knowledge
intellectual · professorial · educated · well-read · knowledgeable · academic · highbrow · pedagogical
smarter
More intelligent
scholarly
Marked by serious learning
learned · intellectual · professorial · educated · well-read · knowledgeable · academic · highbrow · pedagogical
shrewder
More astute
- cannierMore shrewdly careful