Brain
Brain noun - A very smart person.
Usage example: the brains all sit together at lunch
Dunce
Dunce noun - A stupid person.
Usage example: people with the learning disability dyslexia were once simply dismissed as dunces
How words are described
| real | real brain | real dunce |
Both words in one sentence
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Because Elmyra's a dunce, Brain tries to help her win by cheating, but things quickly go downhill from there.
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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.
Source: Attack of the Political Ad -
Shrunken Organ: Egghead's brain is the size of a bean (wearing a dunce cap).
Source: Toys / The Grossery Gang
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Dunce and Brain. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/brain/dunce
Brain & Dunce. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/brain/dunce>.
Dunce or Brain. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/brain/dunce.
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