gray matter
Cerebral thinking substance
Gray matter is brain tissue, specifically the darker regions containing nerve cell bodies (as opposed to the paler white matter of nerve fibers).
Informally, gray matter means intelligence or mental capacity: Use your gray matter.
Also spelled grey matter in British English.
- foldsBends upon itself
- cortexOrgan's external tissue
- tissueDisposable soft paper
- headUppermost body part
- cognitive functionBrain's information-processing abilities
common sense · neurons · brain · brain cells · cerebrum · horse sense · mind · neural pathways · prefrontal cortex · thinking cap · wrinkles · mentality · intellect · wit · mental capacity · consciousness · skull · lobes
- brain sciencebrain scan, brain research, brain map, brain imaging, brain chemistry
- neuroanatomybrain, cerebellum, cerebral cortex, thalamus, hypothalamus
- brain regionscerebrum, frontal lobe, temporal lobe, parietal lobe, occipital lobe
- neuro termsneural, neuronal, cerebral, cortical, synaptic
- braincerebrum, cerebellum, cortex, hippocampus, hypothalamus
- Color Idiomsblack sheep, blue moon, green light, red flag, white lie
intelligence/cognition (informal sense)
gray matterstupidity
Lack of intelligence
empty-headedness · brainlessness · dullness · ignorance · dim-wittedness
gray, matter, material, matters, graying, grayish, grays, greys, greyish