brawn

Examples

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• The transformation has been enormous, and it is true that jobs requiring brawn have declined compared to jobs requiring education.

  Academic text (1991)

• Judging from their classroom work, they apparently have brains as well as brawn.

  Hercules in New York (1970)

• Brain beats brawn every time.

  All Star Superman (2011)

• We really are a country of brains now and not brawn, which is a big change.

  Academic text (1996)

• The life of brawn and instinct, the American life, is not for him.

  Academic text (2012)

• You need someone with brains to balance the brawn.

  Gangster Squad (2013)

• Let's use brains, not brawn.

  Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return (2014)

• Now listen, there is a time for brawn and there's a time for brains, and this is most emphatically not a time for brawn.

  The Outsider (1997)

• He relied on his brawn to lift the heavy boxes during the move.

• The strongman showcased his remarkable brawn at the competition.

Synonyms

P

power

vsbrawn

∞ 1.0

Physical or mental strength to do something

means only bodily force often contrasted with intelligence

S

strength

vsbrawn

336 2.8

A skill or quality someone has that helps them do well

is specifically about bodily force often contrasted with thinking

M

mightiness

vsbrawn

1 6.7

Great physical strength that people notice

refers to basic physical force used instead of mental ability

M

muscularity

vsbrawn

1 6.1

The state of having large, well-developed muscles that make the body strong

focuses on using bodily force rather than mere body appearance

B

brawniness

vsbrawn

5.7

Having a strong body and big muscles

focuses on physical force used instead of thinking or intellect

Antonyms

W

weakness

133 1.4

Lack of physical or mental strength that makes someone less able to act

How Strong

might

35 3.5

strength

∞ 1.2

brawn

20 5.1

weakness

133 1.4

Surface Forms

Etymology