Thesaurus:brain

Thesaurus

brain

English

Noun

Sense: the control center of the central nervous system of an animal

Synonyms

• brain
• encephalon
• harns

Hypernyms

• organ    [⇒ thesaurus]

Meronyms

• hindbrain
• midbrain
• forebrain
• medulla oblongata
• pons
• cerebellum
• diencephalon    [⇒ thesaurus]
• prosencephalon
• mesencephalon
• metencephalon
• myelencephalon
• rhombencephalon
• telencephalon    [⇒ thesaurus]
• cerebral hemisphere
• cerebral cortex    [⇒ thesaurus]

Holonyms

• central nervous system    [⇒ thesaurus]
• nervous system    [⇒ thesaurus]
• body    [⇒ thesaurus]

Further reading

• “brain” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “brain” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.