Brain and Dunce

Brain

Brain noun - A very smart person.
Usage example: the brains all sit together at lunch

Dunce is an antonym for brain.

Nearby Words: brainstorm, brainy, brainless, brained, braining

Dunce

Dunce noun - A stupid person.
Usage example: people with the learning disability dyslexia were once simply dismissed as dunces

Brain is an antonym for dunce in stupid person topic.

How words are described

real real brain real dunce

Both words in one sentence

  • Western Animation / Pinky, Elmyra & the Brain Because Elmyra's a dunce, Brain tries to help her win by cheating, but things quickly go downhill from there.
  • Attack of the Political Ad Cranley's ad calls Murry a shrew (and giving her demon horns and Glowing Eyes of Doom), while Murry's ad in turn calls Cranley a drug-addled, apparently brain-damaged dunce.
  • Toys / The Grossery Gang Shrunken Organ: Egghead's brain is the size of a bean (wearing a dunce cap).
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