What are some opposite words for genius?

Antonyms for genius
ˈdʒin yəs; ˈdʒi niˌaɪge·nius

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Wiktionary0.0 / 0 votes

  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 Antonyms0.0 / 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.

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

    Synonyms:
    talent, talents

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms1.0 / 1 vote

  1. genius

    Antonyms:
    stolidity, stupidity, inanity, imbecility

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

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 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. Dwight D Eisenhower:

    Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children. . .  This is not a way of life at all, in any true sense. Under the cloud of threatening war, it is humanity hanging from a cross of iron.

  2. Lord Essex:

    Genius is entitled to respect only when it promotes the peace and improves the happiness of mankind.

  3. William Somerset Maugham:

    Genius is talent provided with ideals.

  4. Nicholas Negroponte:

    Marvin talked in riddles that made perfect sense, were always profound and often so funny that you would find yourself laughing days later, his genius was so self-evident that it defined 'awesome,'.

  5. Author Unknown:

    So few people think. When we find one who really does, we call him a genius

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#8200genius
#10551idiot
#20444stupidity
#21891folly
#148277inanity
#173706imbecility
#245809senselessness
#269750dulness
#290675obtuseness

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