brain-worker

1. 1.

   someone whose profession involves using his head to solve problems

   Synonymsbrainworker

   Broaderthinker

Questions about brain-worker

What does brain-worker mean?

brain-worker means "someone whose profession involves using his head to solve problems".

How many syllables are in brain-worker?

brain-worker has 3 syllables: brain--wor-ker. The stress falls on "brain-".

What is another word for brain-worker?

Close synonyms include brainworker. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is brain-worker a common word?

brain-worker is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.