brainwave

Other forms of brainwave

plural

brainwaves·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about brainwave

What does brainwave mean?

brainwave means "(neurophysiology) rapid fluctuations of voltage between parts of the cerebral cortex that are detectable with an electroencephalograph". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in brainwave?

brainwave has 2 syllables: brain-wave. The stress falls on "brain".

What is another word for brainwave?

Close synonyms include brain wave, cortical potential, insight, brainstorm. 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 brainwave a common word?

brainwave is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.