pea brain
Not too bright
Pea brain is an insult for a stupid person, suggesting their brain is no larger than a pea.
The adjective pea-brained works the same way: Some pea-brained idiot left the gate open.
The insult is mild and often playful rather than vicious.
- simpletonUnintelligent person
- moronicExtremely foolish or senseless
- doltStupid person
- nitwitFoolish, silly person
- birdbrainScatterbrained, foolish person
dummy · blockhead · idiotic · small-minded · dim-witted · slow · halfwit · nincompoop · insult · obtuse · dumb as a rock · scatterbrain · dunce · airhead · stupid · simple-minded · narrow-minded · fool
intelligence/cognitive capacity
pea braingenius
Person of rare brilliance
brainiac · mastermind · intellectual · Einstein · whiz
brain size metaphor
pea brainbig brain
High intelligence, colloquial
galaxy brain · egghead · highbrow · brain
pea, brain, peas, brains, brained, brainy, brainless, brainpower