Antonyms for genius
ˈdʒin yəs; ˈdʒi niˌaɪge·nius

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1. geniusnoun

   Antonyms:
   idiot

2. geniusnoun

   Antonyms:
   idiot

3. geniusnoun

   Antonyms:
   idiot

4. geniusnoun

   A work of genius

   Antonyms:
   idiot

5. geniusnoun

   Antonyms:
   idiot

6. geniusnoun

   Antonyms:
   idiot

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1. 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

   Synonyms:
   talent, talents

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. genius

   Antonyms:
   stolidity, stupidity, inanity, imbecility

   Synonyms:
   talent, cleverness, inventiveness, creativeness, intellect, skill, giftedness, ideality, endowment, nature, gift, character, faculty

Matched Categories

1. • Creativity
   • Expert
   • Intellectual
   • Intelligence
   • Talent

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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"

   Synonyms:
   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, whizz

2. brilliance, geniusnoun

   unusual mental ability

   Synonyms:
   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, whizz

3. ace, adept, champion, sensation, maven, mavin, virtuoso, genius, hotshot, star, superstar, whiz, whizz, wizard, wiznoun

   someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field

   Synonyms:
   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, sentiency

4. genius, wizardrynoun

   exceptional creative ability

   Synonyms:
   virtuoso, wizard, star, brainiac, champion, superstar, whiz, mavin, flair, wizardry, mastermind, maven, ace, sensation, hotshot, wiz, adept, brilliance, brain, whizz

5. flair, 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

How to use genius in a sentence?

1. Walter Lippmann:

   The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men the conviction and the will to carry on. The genius of a good leader is to leave behind him a situation which common sense, without the grace of genius, can deal with successfully.

2. Alexis de Tocqueville:

   The genius of democracies is seen not only in the great number of new words introduced but even more in the new ideas they express.

3. Jonathan Swift:

   When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him.

4. John Henry Cardinal Newman:

   In this world no one rules by love; if you are but amiable, you are no hero; to be powerful, you must be strong, and to have dominion you must have a genius for organizing.

5. Samuel Johnson:

   A man of genius has been seldom ruined but by himself.

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