cerebral
adjective
, ˈser-ə-
, ˈse-rə-\
Definition of cerebral
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, ˈser-ə- , ˈse-rə- \
adverb
Synonyms & Antonyms for cerebral
Synonyms
blue, eggheaded, geeky, highbrow, highbrowed, intellectual, intellectualist, intellectualistic, long-haired (or longhair), nerdish, nerdy
Antonyms
anti-intellectual, lowbrow, nonintellectual, philistine
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Caius Martius, the titular hero, played with cerebral, kinetic aplomb by the excellent Jonathan Cake, has McCain’s aversion to conventional manners and Bush’s hapless common touch. — Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, "Endgames in “Sea Wall/A Life” and “Coriolanus”," 12 Aug. 2019 These two poles represent the visceral and the cerebral ideas of the nation, respectively. — Grayson Logue, National Review, "A Nation without a Chest," 10 Aug. 2019 Nearby, a cerebral stand-up comedian named Woody Allen would try out new material while the equally intellectual comic duo Nichols and May rehearsed their new Broadway show. — Ann Hornaday, Washington Post, "D.A. Pennebaker revolutionized film while living in a New York that revolutionized culture," 6 Aug. 2019 The patient who prompted the warning was traveling in Kenya in the late summer of 2018 when a cerebral hemorrhage struck. — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, "Got a horrifying foreign superbug? You may have more than one," 1 Aug. 2019 If cerebral organoids can survive in mice, then something similar in humans becomes more feasible. — Lacy Schley, Discover Magazine, "State of Science: Neurons Are Surprising Researchers With Unexpected Abilities," 15 Jan. 2019 And Dominic Cummings, the cerebral, eccentric director of the Brexit campaign, who was played by Benedict Cumberbatch in a recent TV dramatization, is Johnson's de facto chief of staff. — Alexander Smith, NBC News, "Boris Johnson has got the Brexit band back together — will they succeed?," 27 July 2019 Kitagawa succumbed to a ruptured cerebral aneurysm at a Tokyo hospital. — Rob Schwartz, Billboard, "Japanese Music Mogul Johnny Kitagawa Dies at 87," 9 July 2019 The cerebral catcher played 15 seasons of Major League Baseball (for the Boston Red Sox and Brooklyn Dodgers, among others) after graduating from Princeton University and Columbia Law School. — John Monaghan, Detroit Free Press, "Filmmaker Aviva Kempner on the making of a doc about ballplayer-turned-spy Moe Berg," 19 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'cerebral.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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cerebral
adjective
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