genius synonyms

genius

n.

  1. The highest degree of intellectual capacity

    ability, talent, intellect, brains, intelligence, brilliance, endowment, precocity, inspiration, imagination, gift, aptitude, faculty, propensity, wisdom, astuteness, penetration, grasp, discernment, acumen, acuteness, percipience, power, capacity, capability, accomplishment, sagacity, subtlety, perspicacity, understanding, reach, sympathy, daemon, afflatus, enthusiasm, creative gift, knack, bent, turn, flair.

  2. One having genius, sense 1

    gifted person, prodigy, adept, virtuoso, master, maestro, mastermind, intellectual, Einstein, mental giant, Wunderkind (German), brain*, intellect*, rocket scientist*, whiz*, wizard*; see also artist 2, author 1, master 3.

  3. Character or characteristics

    nature, taste, disposition; see character 1, 2. See syn. study at talent.

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