grey matter
Neural cell mass
Grey matter is the darker tissue of the brain and spinal cord, composed mainly of nerve cell bodies.
By extension, grey matter means intelligence or brainpower: Use your grey matter.
The spelling gray matter is more common in American English.
Organ's external tissue
- neuronsSignal-transmitting brain cells
- cerebrumBrain's largest division
- cerebellumMovement coordination organ
- brainstemLower neural trunk
hippocampus · amygdala · synapses · glia · axons · dendrites · sulci · gyri
Mental ability, cognitive capacity
- brainpowerIntellectual capacity
- smartsColloquial intelligence
- witClever, inventive humor
- acumenSharpness of mind
genius · cleverness · reasoning · cognition · mental capacity · thinking · comprehension · insight
cortex
Organ's external tissue
- neuronsSignal-transmitting brain cells
- cerebrumBrain's largest division
- cerebellumMovement coordination organ
brainstem · hippocampus · amygdala · synapses · glia · axons · dendrites · sulci · gyri · frontal lobe
intelligence
Mental ability, cognitive capacity
- brainpowerIntellectual capacity
- smartsColloquial intelligence
- witClever, inventive humor
acumen · genius · cleverness · reasoning · cognition · mental capacity · thinking · comprehension · insight · wisdom
- Color Idiomsblack sheep, blue moon, green light, red flag, white lie
- tissuesadipose, neural tissue, cardiac tissue, fibrous tissue, bone
- nervous systembrain, neurons, nerves, spinal cord, axon
- neuroscienceneuron, MRI, brain, neurons, synapses
- body slangboobs, butt, tush, bum, rear
- brain partscerebellum, hippocampus, brainstem, thalamus, hypothalamus
grey matterstupidity
Lack of intelligence
ignorance · dullness · brainlessness · empty-headedness · dim-wittedness
gray, matter, grey, matters, grayish, mattered, greyish, grayness, greyness