brains
What zombies crave
Brains is the plural of brain—the organ of thought, or intelligence itself.
But brains often functions as a singular noun meaning mental ability: She's the brains of the operation.
To have brains is to be smart.
As food, brains are the cooked cerebral tissue of animals, served scrambled or in dishes like tacos de sesos.
To beat someone's brains out is to kill them violently; to rack your brains is to think very hard.
Deceased yet animate
- horrorExtreme fear or disgust
- flesh-eatingConsuming animal tissue
- ghoulsEvil spirits, often corpse-eaters
- apocalypseTotal civilizational collapse
infection · survivors · decay · shambling · groaning · feasting · rotting · outbreak
Brain's largest division
- cerebellumMovement coordination organ
- cortexOrgan's external tissue
- neuronsSignal-transmitting brain cells
- synapsesNeuron-to-neuron transmission points
grey matter · white matter · lobes · hemispheres · medulla · gyri · sulci · axons
Mental ability, cognitive capacity
- reasoningDrawing logical conclusions
- cognitionMental knowledge acquisition
- wisdomGood judgment from experience
- understandingMental comprehension of something
knowledge · thought · logic · judgment · comprehension · acumen · perception · erudition
State of sentient awareness
- thoughtsMental reflections
- psycheTotal mental life
- awarenessState of perceiving reality
- sentienceCapacity for subjective experience
subconscious · imagination · intuition · dreams · emotions · perception · mental · reasoning
Gifted youth with rare talent
- savantPerson of profound learning
- brillianceExceptional intelligence or luster
- mastermindScheme's chief planner
- whizInformal term for expert
gifted · intellectual · Einstein · visionary · polymath · virtuoso · inventor · talent
Edible animal organs
- delicacyRefined sensitivity or rarity
- sweetbreadsCulinary term for thymus
- cuisineCharacteristic cooking style
- butcherOne who sells cuts
Scheme's chief planner
- tacticianSkilled planner of action
- plannerAgenda for scheduling
- chessStrategic board game
- schemingCrafty and calculating
plotting · orchestrating · calculating · maneuvering · outsmarting · outwitting · cunning · shrewd
undead
Deceased yet animate
- horrorExtreme fear or disgust
- flesh-eatingConsuming animal tissue
- ghoulsEvil spirits, often corpse-eaters
apocalypse · infection · survivors · decay · shambling · groaning · feasting · rotting · outbreak · walkers
cerebrum
Brain's largest division
- cerebellumMovement coordination organ
- cortexOrgan's external tissue
- neuronsSignal-transmitting brain cells
synapses · grey matter · white matter · lobes · hemispheres · medulla · gyri · sulci · axons · dendrites
intelligence
Mental ability, cognitive capacity
- reasoningDrawing logical conclusions
- cognitionMental knowledge acquisition
- wisdomGood judgment from experience
understanding · knowledge · thought · logic · judgment · comprehension · acumen · perception · erudition · scholarship
consciousness
State of sentient awareness
sentience · subconscious · imagination · intuition · dreams · emotions · perception · mental · reasoning · understanding
prodigy
Gifted youth with rare talent
- savantPerson of profound learning
- brillianceExceptional intelligence or luster
- mastermindScheme's chief planner
whiz · gifted · intellectual · Einstein · visionary · polymath · virtuoso · inventor · talent · pioneer
offal
Edible animal organs
- delicacyRefined sensitivity or rarity
- sweetbreadsCulinary term for thymus
- cuisineCharacteristic cooking style
mastermind
Scheme's chief planner
scheming · plotting · orchestrating · calculating · maneuvering · outsmarting · outwitting · cunning · shrewd · strategist
- Zombieszombie, zombies, undead, walkers, walker
- expertsexperts, expert, specialist, masters, specialists
- intellectintelligence, intellect, mind, cognition, smartness
- Smartsintelligent, genius, smart, gifted, brilliant
- Acquired Tastesdurian, blue cheese, natto, Marmite, Vegemite
- mastermindsmastermind, criminal mastermind, evil genius, genius, strategist
brainsbrawn
Muscular power, bodily might
muscle · physical strength · might · brute force · body
brainsstupidity
Lack of intelligence
idiocy · foolishness · dimwittedness · dullness · denseness
brainsinsanity
Severe mental illness
madness · craziness · lunacy · irrationality · derangement
- brain damageHarm to neural tissue
- brain surgeryOperating on cranial tissue
- brain freezePain from cold foods
- brain cellsNeural tissue components
- brain deadIrreversibly unconscious
- brain surgeonPhysician operating on craniums
brain, brainy, brainless, brainpower, brainteaser, brainchild, brained, brainiac, brainwave