Dictionary

brainless en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From Middle English braynles; equivalent to brain + -less.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Having no brain.
   • Surely it was more likely that a brainless creature, acting solely by vague predatory instinct, would give up the chase when I disappeared, and, after a pause of astonishment, would wander away in search of some other prey? 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
2. (comparable) Unintelligent, with little common sense.
   • "I don't mean all of your friends—only a small proportion—which, however, connects your circle with that deadly, idle, brainless bunch—the insolent chatterers at the opera, the gorged dowagers, the worn-out, passionless men, the enervated matrons of the summer capital,[…]!" 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter VI, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
3. Of an action performed, overly repetitive and unchallenging, not requiring any careful attention or providing any significant stimulation.
   • Near-synonyms: automatic, rote, dull

Forms

Antonyms

brainy · engrossing

Coordinates

mindless

Deriveds

brainlessly · brainlessness

Synonyms

foolish · sharp as a bowling ball · unclever · airheaded · dull-minded · rockheaded · half-witted · dopey · thickwitted · empty-headed · dull · dense · lunkheaded · imbecilic · thick as a plank · slow on the uptake · idiotic · blockheaded · dull · lamebrained · dull-headed · inane · not the sharpest tool in the shed · thick-skulled · beetle-headed · pratty · simple · dumb as a sack of hammers · flea-brained · mindless · intellectually challenged · quarter-witted · muttonheaded · peabrained · half-brained · stolid · woolly-minded · pudding-headed · knuckleheaded · dunderheaded · insipid · dumb as a post · thick · dumb as an ox · not the sharpest crayon in the box · dumber than a box of rocks · puerile · buffle-headed · dumb as dirt · rote · boofheaded · half-brained · unapprehensive · dim-witted · wool-headed · mentally retarded · braindead · fuckwitted · ignorant · daft · chuckleheaded · dumb · dim-bulb · thick as two short planks · addlepated · childish · numbskulled · shit-for-brains · lowbrow · lumpish · chowderheaded · ridiculous · cretinous · thick as champ · slow · fuzzy-headed · oafish · hammer-headed · dumber than a rock · dozy · dumb as a doorknob · thickheaded · purblind · obtuse · monosynaptic · thick as a whale omelette · dim · beefheaded · witless · drowsy · moronic · fuzzy-minded · not the sharpest knife in the drawer · woolly-headed · dumb as a box of rocks · doltish · birdbrained · dull-witted · anencephalous · mindless · bullet-headed · addlebrained · uninformed · crackbrained · vacant · half-witted · fatheaded · cerebrally challenged · feeble-minded · beef-witted · dumb as a bag of hammers · sheep-headed · unintelligent · thick as pig shit · wooden-headed · mentally challenged · dim-headed · nitwitted · Boeotian · boneheaded · smooth-brained · goofy · unsmart · bubbleheaded · thick as mince · silly · vacuous · brainless · bee-brained · dented · stupid · ass-brained · automatic · soft · slow-witted · retarded · thick as a brick

Translations (52)

tr akılsız (unintelligent; having little or no common sense) · el ανεγκέφαλος (having no brain) · kk ми жоқ (unintelligent; having little or no common sense) · el άμυαλος (unintelligent; having little or no common sense) · cmn 無頭腦的 /无头脑的 (unintelligent; having little or no common sense) · yue 冇腦 /冇脑 (unintelligent; having little or no common sense) · tr beyinsiz (having no brain) · eo sencerba (having no brain) · bn মস্তিষ্কহীন (unintelligent; having little or no common sense) · es descerebrado (unintelligent; having little or no common sense) · el ανόητος (unintelligent; having little or no common sense) · de hirnlos (having no brain) · ota شاشقین (unintelligent; having little or no common sense) · cmn 瞎頭子 /瞎头子 (unintelligent; having little or no common sense) · ru безмо́зглый (unintelligent; having little or no common sense) · uk безмо́зкий (unintelligent; having little or no common sense) · kk мисыз (having no brain) · kk мисыз (unintelligent; having little or no common sense) · pl bezmózgi (having no brain) · hy անխելք (having no brain) · fa بیمغز (having no brain) · fi aivoton (having no brain) · be бязмо́зглы (having no brain) · bg безмо́зъчен (having no brain) · be бязмо́згі (having no brain) · bg безмо́зъчен (unintelligent; having little or no common sense) · el ανεγκέφαλος (unintelligent; having little or no common sense) · ka უტვინო (unintelligent; having little or no common sense) · pl bezmózgi (unintelligent; having little or no common sense) · ru безмо́зглый (having no brain) · ota بوك (unintelligent; having little or no common sense) · de einfältig (unintelligent; having little or no common sense) · mi rorokore (unintelligent; having little or no common sense) · pt descerebrado (unintelligent; having little or no common sense) · be бязмо́згі (unintelligent; having little or no common sense) · de gedankenlos (unintelligent; having little or no common sense) · es descerebrado (having no brain) · lt besmegenis (unintelligent; having little or no common sense) · lt besmegenis (having no brain) · fi aivoton (unintelligent; having little or no common sense) · fa بیمغز (unintelligent; having little or no common sense) · de hirnlos (unintelligent; having little or no common sense) · tr geri zekalı (unintelligent; having little or no common sense) · ja 頭が悪い (unintelligent; having little or no common sense) · mi rorokore (having no brain) · be бязмо́зглы (unintelligent; having little or no common sense) · tr gerzek (unintelligent; having little or no common sense) · fr sans cervelle (unintelligent; having little or no common sense) · bn মস্তিষ্কহীন (having no brain) · uk безмо́зкий (having no brain) · ka უტვინო (having no brain) · kk ми жоқ (having no brain)