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genius

/ˈd͡ʒin.jəs/noun2 syllables

Genius means: someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field.

Synonyms for genius37

noun, as in someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field

ace, adept, champion, sensation, maven, mavin, virtuoso, hotshot, star, superstar, whiz, whizz, wizard, wiz

noun, as in someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality

mastermind, brain, brainiac, Einstein, wonder

noun, as in unusual mental ability

brilliance

noun, as in exceptional creative ability

wizardry

noun, as in a natural talent

flair

also used for genius

tutelary deity, spirit, liqueur, liquor, apparition, specter, vision, brain surgeon, brainbox, deep thinker, egghead, intellectual, mind, rocket scientist, superbrain

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What does genius mean?5

noun

1

someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field

2

someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality“Mozart was a child genius”

3

unusual mental ability

4

exceptional creative ability

5

a natural talent“he has a flair for mathematics”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with genius?2

three syllables

ingenious

five syllables

heterogeneous
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Genius in a sentence

  • In general, it may be said that he is a genius in music.DuosDragonPolyglot
  • In a word, he is a man of genius.DeepDarkSea12
  • For all his genius, he is as unknown as ever.unknown
  • The genius, wit and spirit of a nation are discovered in its proverbs.al_ex_an_der
  • Where a genius shows up, the fools fraternize.Zurich899
  • Of all the famous baseball players, he stands out as a genius.CM
  • Anne, you certainly have a genius for getting into trouble.Hybrid
  • He is a genius, if ever there is one.unknown

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Forms of genius

as a noun

plural
geniuses