Brainy and Thinking

Brainy

Brainy adjective - Having or showing quickness of mind.

Thinking and brainy are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Thinking" instead an adjective "Brainy".

Nearby Words: brain, brainless, brained, braining

Thinking

Thinking adjective - Having the ability to reason.
Usage example: it's surprising to find thinking people who believe such nonsense

Brainy and thinking are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Brainy" instead an adjective "Thinking".

Nearby Words: think, thinker, thinkable

Both words in one sentence

  • Comic Book / The Smurfs Lampshaded when Brainy sees him for the first time and panics, thinking it's the evil sorcerer.
  • Western Animation / The Smurfs When Brainy accidentally messed around with the robot's gears to see what made him tick, he at first malfunctioned until Handy turned it off, thinking that his machine was a failure.
  • In The Smurfs episode "The Blue Plague", Brainy slips a concoction made by Gargamel into his fellow Smurfs' meal, thinking it would be a cure-all for all their problems, but it ended up making them act like chickens when they ate it.
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