Usually means: Original idea conceived by someone.
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General (22 matching dictionaries)
  1. brainchild: Merriam-Webster
  2. brainchild: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. brainchild: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. brainchild: Collins English Dictionary
  5. brainchild: Vocabulary.com
  6. Brainchild, brainchild: Wordnik
  7. brainchild: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. brainchild: Wiktionary
  9. brainchild: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. brainchild: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. brainchild: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. brainchild: Dictionary.com
  13. brainchild: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Brainchild (Circle of Dust album), Brainchild (Society of Soul album), Brainchild (TV series), Brainchild (band), Brainchild (comics), Brainchild: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. brainchild: Rhymezone
  16. brainchild: FreeDictionary.org
  17. brainchild: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. brainchild: TheFreeDictionary.com
  19. brainchild: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  20. brainchild: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. brainchild: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. brainchild: Urban Dictionary

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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ noun:  (informal) A creation of one's brain; an original idea or innovation of a person or group of people, an organization, etc.
▸ verb:  (transitive, rare) To think up (an idea or innovation); to come up with.

Similar:
inspiration, progenitor, germ, birthplace, authorship, genesis, inception, firstling, progeny, origin, more...

Opposite:
brainparent, brainancestor, brainpredecessor

Types:
invention, innovation, idea, concept, brainwave, creation, brainstorm, more...

Adjectives:
own, latest, new, much, first, joint, personal, favourite, particular, brilliant, special

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    silver,     gold,     blue,     green,     purple, more...

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Similar:
inspiration, progenitor, germ, birthplace, authorship, genesis, inception, firstling, progeny, origin, more...

Opposite:
brainparent, brainancestor, brainpredecessor

Types:
invention, innovation, idea, concept, brainwave, creation, brainstorm, more...

Adjectives:
own, latest, new, much, first, joint, personal, favourite, particular, brilliant, special

Colors:
    silver,     gold,     blue,     green,     purple, more...



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