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1. cerebral
adjective. ['ˈsɛrəbrəl, sɝˈiːbrəl'] involving intelligence rather than emotions or instinct.
Antonyms
Etymology
- cérébral (French)
- cerebrum (Latin)
Rhymes with Cerebral
- amoral
- ancestral
- antiviral
- aral
- astral
- aural
- auroral
- austral
- balmoral
- boral
- cabral
- canaveral
- cathedral
- central
- cerebral
- choral
- coral
- corporal
- federal
- feral
How do you pronounce cerebral?
Pronounce cerebral as ˈsɛrəbrəl.
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Sentences with cerebral
1. Adjective
Treatment of cerebral arteritis may need to be continued for a year or longer.
2. Noun, singular or mass
Cats have a complex cerebral cortex, which is the part of the brain responsible for information processing.
Quotes about cerebral
1. I like living, breathing better than working...my art is that of living. Each second, each breath is a work which is inscribed nowhere, which is neither visual nor cerebral, it's a sort of constant euphoria.
- Marcel Duchamp
2. Judging by your face, the what-the-fuck nodes in your cerebral cortex must be a real light show.
- Sam Lipsyte, The Ask
3. The negotiations were simultaneously cerebral and physical, abstract and personal, something like a combination of chess and mountain climbing.
- Richard Holbrooke, To End a War