braininess
Having considerable smarts
Braininess is the quality of being brainy—having or showing intellectual ability.
The word carries a slightly informal, sometimes playful tone: Her braininess intimidated some classmates.
It suggests bookish or academic intelligence rather than practical know-how.
Mental reasoning capacity
- insightDeep perceptive understanding
- discernmentKeen perception and judgment
- shrewdnessKeen practical judgment
- astutenessShrewd perceptiveness
perception · sharpness · keenness · sagacity · perspicacity · acuity · judgment · reasoning
Verbal wit techniques
- quipsBrief witty remarks
- reparteeQuick, clever conversation
- banterPlayful, teasing exchange
- clevernessMental quickness and skill
puns · wisecrack · drollery · verbal dexterity · quick-witted · sharp-tongued · raillery · bon mot
Extensive scholarly knowledge
- academicRelating to education or theory
- learnedHaving much knowledge
- professorialBefitting an academic lecturer
- bookishDevoted to reading
cerebral · pedantic · scholastic · intellectual · studious · well-read · lettered · knowledgeable
intellect
Mental reasoning capacity
- insightDeep perceptive understanding
- discernmentKeen perception and judgment
- shrewdnessKeen practical judgment
astuteness · perception · sharpness · keenness · sagacity · perspicacity · acuity · judgment · reasoning · comprehension
wordplay
Verbal wit techniques
cleverness · puns · wisecrack · drollery · verbal dexterity · quick-witted · sharp-tongued · raillery · bon mot · riposte
erudition
Extensive scholarly knowledge
- academicRelating to education or theory
- learnedHaving much knowledge
- professorialBefitting an academic lecturer
bookish · cerebral · pedantic · scholastic · intellectual · studious · well-read · lettered · knowledgeable · highbrow
brain, brainy, brains, brainless, brainpower, brainchild, brained, brainier, brainlessness