brainpower

noun

brain·​pow·​er ˈbrān-ˌpau̇(-ə)r How to pronounce brainpower (audio)
Synonyms of brainpowernext
1
: intellectual ability
2
: people with developed intellectual ability

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The brainpower of the staff constitutes the company's greatest asset. The product is supposed to boost your brainpower. The company is increasing efforts to recruit scientific brainpower.
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Comfortable, breathable, and requiring little brainpower, jumpsuits meet that criteria, and then some. — Mia McManus, PEOPLE, 25 July 2026 Save administrative tasks, meetings, and lower-brainpower execution for the peak hours when your mental clarity naturally dips. — Nicole F. Roberts, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026 The loss of experience and military brainpower had disastrous consequences, especially in Russian lives lost, during the Winter War against Finland and the early stages of World War II against Nazi Germany. — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 28 June 2026 What really matters, therefore, is not brainpower but the willingness to run the mental marathons that produce high-quality results. — David Brooks, The Atlantic, 28 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for brainpower

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First Known Use

1832, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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