Synonyms 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

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

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.

   Synonyms:
   talent, talents

   Antonyms:
   dulness, folly, imbecility, obtuseness, senselessness, stupidity

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

1. genius

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

   Antonyms:
   stolidity, stupidity, inanity, imbecility

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms: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, genius, 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, genius, 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, genius, 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, genius, 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, genius, maven, wiz, adept, brilliance, elan, panache, brain, dash, whizz

Matched Categories

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

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

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   Submitted by k1y099.mi on August 30, 2023  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. geniusnoun

   Synonyms:
   bent, turn, aptitude, aptness, capacity, faculty, endowment, talent, gift

2. geniusnoun

   Synonyms:
   invention, ingenuity, intellect, sagacity, brains, parts, wit, mother-wit, inspiration, creative power, power of invention

3. geniusnoun

   Synonyms:
   adept, proficient, master, master-hand, man of genius

4. geniusnoun

   Synonyms:
   nature, character, disposition, peculiar constitution, characteristic quality

5. geniusnoun

   Synonyms:
   spirit, demon, tutelary deity

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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?

1. 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.

2. W. B. Yeats:

   Let the minor genius go his light way and enjoy his life - the great nature cannot so live, he is never really in holiday mood, even though he often plucks flowers by the wayside and ties them into knots and garlands like little children and lays out on a sunny morning.

3. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez:

   Double standards are Paul Ryan being elected at 28 and immediately being given the benefit of his ill-considered policies considered genius ; and me winning a primary at 28 to immediately be treated with suspicion scrutinized, down to my clothing, of being a fraud.

4. Edith Sitwell:

   Eccentricity is not, as dull people would have us believe, a form of madness. It is often a kind of innocent pride, and the man of genius and the aristocrat are frequently regarded as eccentrics because genius and aristocrat are entirely unafraid of and uninfluenced by the opinions and vagaries of the crowd.

5. G. C. Lichtenberg:

   It is in the gift for employing all the vicissitudes of life to one's own advantage and to that of one's craft that a large part of genius consists.