Brain
Brain noun - A very smart person.
Wits is a synonym for brain in mind topic. In some cases you can use "Wits" instead a noun "Brain", when it comes to topics like intelligence.
Wits
Wits noun - The basic human power of intelligent thought and perception.
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Battle of Wits: Though she spends a lot of the time scared and on the back foot, when an opportunity comes for Casey to use her brain she fully exploits it.
Source: Film / Cyberbully - Nami is partly justified because she lacks the insane superhuman strength and/or Devil Fruit powers a lot of her crewmates have, so she must rely on her brain, wits, and Clima-Tact to survive in battle.
Source: Cowardly Lion / Anime and Manga -
I Would Say If I Could Say: The Scarecrow is very prone to making remarks about what he thinks he'd be thinking if he had a brain and could think (as well as, on one occasion, remarking that he'd be scared out of his wits if he had any).
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