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Synonyms for genius
ˈdʒin yəs; ˈdʒi niˌaɪge·nius
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Wiktionary
English Synonyms and Antonyms
genius
Genius is exalted intellectual power capable of operating independently of tuition and training, and marked by an extraordinary faculty for original creation, invention, discovery, expression, etc. Talent is marked mental ability, and in a special sense, a particular and uncommon aptitude for some special mental work or attainment. Genius is higher than talent, more spontaneous, less dependent upon instruction, less amenable to training; talent is largely the capacity to learn, acquire, appropriate, adapt oneself to demand. Yet the genius that has won the largest and most enduring success has been joined with tireless industry and painstaking. Compare synonyms for MIND; POWER.
Antonyms:
dulness, folly, imbecility, obtuseness, senselessness, stupidity
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
genius
Synonyms:
talent, cleverness, inventiveness, creativeness, intellect, skill, giftedness, ideality, endowment, nature, gift, character, facultyAntonyms:
stolidity, stupidity, inanity, imbecility
Princeton's WordNet
genius, mastermind, brain, brainiac, Einsteinnoun
someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality
"Mozart was a child genius"; "he's smart but he's no Einstein"
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virtuoso, wizard, star, psyche, brainiac, nous, encephalon, champion, superstar, whiz, mavin, flair, wizardry, brainpower, conceiver, learning ability, mastermind, maven, ace, originator, sensation, mind, mental capacity, mentality, hotshot, wiz, wit, adept, brilliance, brain, head, whizzbrilliance, geniusnoun
unusual mental ability
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virtuoso, wizard, star, hotshot, brainiac, splendor, champion, glare, blaze, mavin, magnificence, wizardry, grandness, mastermind, superstar, ace, whiz, sensation, splendour, maven, wiz, grandeur, adept, brilliance, brain, flair, whizzace, adept, champion, sensation, maven, mavin, virtuoso, genius, hotshot, star, superstar, whiz, whizz, wizard, wiznoun
someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
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esthesis, wiz, whiz, brain, one, sense, asterisk, maven, protagonist, ace, paladin, angiotensin-converting enzyme, unity, whizz, friend, headliner, thaumaturgist, principal, sensory faculty, necromancer, thaumaturge, booster, lead, sense experience, hotshot, brilliance, hero, star topology, wizardry, mavin, brainiac, single, sensation, star, title-holder, angiotensin converting enzyme, sense datum, flair, virtuoso, fighter, wizard, magician, supporter, sorcerer, aesthesis, sense impression, adept, sentience, superstar, champ, mastermind, admirer, champion, sentiencygenius, wizardrynoun
exceptional creative ability
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virtuoso, wizard, star, brainiac, champion, superstar, whiz, mavin, flair, wizardry, mastermind, maven, ace, sensation, hotshot, wiz, adept, brilliance, brain, whizzflair, geniusnoun
a natural talent
"he has a flair for mathematics"; "he has a genius for interior decorating"
Synonyms:
virtuoso, wizard, star, hotshot, brainiac, sensation, champion, superstar, whiz, mavin, flair, wizardry, mastermind, flare, style, ace, maven, wiz, adept, brilliance, elan, panache, brain, dash, whizz
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akanenoun
akane is the term for a very smart human being. their brain radiation exceeds that of a normal human, to the extent that it could be harmful to other individuals.
wow, you are such an akane.
Submitted by k1y099.mi on August 30, 2023
Dictionary of English Synonymes
geniusnoun
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bent, turn, aptitude, aptness, capacity, faculty, endowment, talent, giftgeniusnoun
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invention, ingenuity, intellect, sagacity, brains, parts, wit, mother-wit, inspiration, creative power, power of inventiongeniusnoun
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adept, proficient, master, master-hand, man of geniusgeniusnoun
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nature, character, disposition, peculiar constitution, characteristic qualitygeniusnoun
Synonyms:
spirit, demon, tutelary deity
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "genius":
engineering, genie, engineer, einstein, prodigy, engineers, ingenuity, awesome, gifted, brilliance
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How to use genius in a sentence?
A talent somewhat above mediocrity, shrewd and not too sensitive, is more likely to rise in the world than genius.
Genius is perseverence in disguise.
The leader of genius must have the ability to make different opponents appear as if they belonged to one category.
Ralph Waldo Emerson, The Method of Nature (1841):
Talent finds its models, methods, and ends in society, exists for exhibition, and goes to the soul only for power to work. Genius is its own end, and draws its means and the style of its architecture from within.
Genius might well be defined as the ability to makes a platitude sound as though it were an original remark.
Translations for genius
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- عَبْقَرِيّ, العبقريArabic
- dahiAzerbaijani
- генийBulgarian
- geniCatalan, Valencian
- géniusCzech
- geniDanish
- Genie, Genius, GenialitätGerman
- μεγαλοφυία, ιδιοφυίαGreek
- geniuloEsperanto
- genio, geniaSpanish
- geniaalsus, geeniusEstonian
- نابفهPersian
- nerokkuus, neroFinnish
- génieFrench
- ardéirimIrish
- प्रतिभाHindi
- zseni, géniusz, lángelme, zsenialitás, lángészHungarian
- հանճարArmenian
- kecerdasanIndonesian
- genioItalian
- גָאוֹןHebrew
- 天才Japanese
- ទេពារក្សKhmer
- 天才, 천재Korean
- بلیمهتKurdish
- генијалец, гениј, генијалностMacedonian
- genialiteit, genieDutch
- geniNorwegian
- geniuszPolish
- genialidade, génioPortuguese
- geniu, genialitateRomanian
- гений, одарённость, гениальностьRussian
- genialnost, genijSlovene
- geniSwedish
- อัจฉริยบุคคลThai
- henyoTagalog
- عقلمندUrdu
- 天才, thiên tài, bậc anh tàiVietnamese
- 天才Chinese
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