'Cerebral' definitions:
Definition of 'cerebral'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Involving intelligence rather than emotions or instinct; "a cerebral approach to the problem"; "cerebral drama" [syn: cerebral, intellectual] [ant: emotional]
adjective
Of or relating to the cerebrum or brain; "cerebral hemisphere"; "cerebral activity"
Definition of 'Cerebral'
From: GCIDE
- Cerebral \Cer"e*bral\, a. [L. cerebrum brain; akin to Gr. ka`ra head: cf. F. c['e]r['e]bral. See Cheer.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the cerebrum. [1913 Webster]
- Cerebral apoplexy. See under Apoplexy. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Cerebral'
From: GCIDE
- Cerebral \Cer"e*bral\, n. [A false translation of the Skr. m[=u]rdhanya, lit., head-sounds.] One of a class of lingual consonants in the East Indian languages. See Lingual, n. [1913 Webster]
- Note: Prof. W. D. Whitney calls these letters linguals, and this is their usual designation in the United States. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'cerebral'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accented,
- alveolar,
- apical,
- apico-alveolar,
- apico-dental,
- articulated,
- assimilated,
- back,
- barytone,
- bilabial,
- broad,
- cacuminal,
- central,
- checked,
- close,
- conceptive,
- conceptual,
- consonant,
- consonantal,
- continuant,
- dental,
- dissimilated,
- dorsal,
- endopsychic,
- flat,
- front,
- glide,
- glossal,
- glottal,
- guttural,
- hard,
- heavy,
- high,
- highbrow,
- highbrowed,
- intellectual,
- intellectualistic,
- intelligent,
- internal,
- intonated,
- labial,
- labiodental,
- labiovelar,
- lateral,
- lax,
- light,
- lingual,
- liquid,
- low,
- mental,
- mid,
- monophthongal,
- muted,
- narrow,
- nasal,
- nasalized,
- noetic,
- noological,
- occlusive,
- open,
- oxytone,
- palatal,
- palatalized,
- pharyngeal,
- pharyngealized,
- phonemic,
- phonetic,
- phonic,
- phrenic,
- pitch,
- pitched,
- posttonic,
- psychic,
- psychical,
- psychologic,
- psychological,
- rational,
- reasoning,
- retroflex,
- rounded,
- semivowel,
- soft,
- sonant,
- spiritual,
- stopped,
- stressed,
- strong,
- subjective,
- surd,
- syllabic,
- tense,
- thick,
- thinking,
- throaty,
- tonal,
- tonic,
- twangy,
- unaccented,
- unrounded,
- unstressed,
- velar,
- vocalic,
- vocoid,
- voiced,
- voiceless,
- vowel,
- vowellike,
- weak,
- wide
Words containing 'Cerebral'
- Cerebralism,
- Cerebrate,
- Cerebration,
- Cerebric,
- Cerebricity,
- Cerebritis,
- cerebrally,
- Cerebral apoplexy,
- Cerebral fissures,
- Cerebral hemispheres,
- Cerebral localization,
- Cerebral softening,
- Cerebric acid,
- cerebral aneurysm,
- cerebral aqueduct,
- cerebral artery,
- cerebral cortex,
- cerebral death,
- cerebral edema,
- cerebral hemisphere,
- cerebral hemorrhage,
- cerebral mantle,
- cerebral palsy,
- cerebral peduncle,
- cerebral thrombosis,
- cerebral vein,
- anterior cerebral artery,
- anterior cerebral vein,
- great cerebral vein,
- inferior cerebral vein,
- internal cerebral vein,
- lateral cerebral sulcus,
- middle cerebral artery,
- middle cerebral vein,
- posterior cerebral artery,
- superior cerebral vein,
- deep middle cerebral vein,
- superficial middle cerebral vein