brainchildnoun [ S ]
uk/ˈbreɪn.tʃaɪld/us/ˈbreɪn.tʃaɪld/an original idea, plan, or invention:
The project was the brainchild of one of the students.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Ideas, concepts and theories
- abstract
- afterthought
- concept
- conception
- construct
- content
- dogma
- fancy
- intellectual property
- IP
- ism
- meat
- motif
- proposition
- punctuated equilibrium
- sacred cow
- straw man
- tenet
- the domino theory
- thrust
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