genius
Mind of uncommon power
Genius denotes exceptional intellectual or creative ability that goes beyond ordinary talent.
A person possessing such ability is also called a genius: She's a mathematical genius.
The word often implies natural gift rather than acquired skill, suggesting someone whose abilities seem almost inexplicable.
In casual use, genius gets applied more loosely to clever ideas or solutions: That shortcut was pure genius.
The plural geniuses refers to people; the rarer genii refers to guardian spirits from Roman mythology.
Remarkably talented youngster
- MozartEighteenth-century Austrian composer
- precocityPremature mental development
- whiz-kidRemarkably talented youngster
- virtuosoSupremely accomplished performer
phenom · exceptional · spelling-bee · savant · prodigious
Inspiring figure or celestial body
- maestroDistinguished musical leader
- virtuosoSupremely accomplished performer
- legendUnverified traditional tale
- iconPictorial screen symbol
master · expert · laureate · Nobel · prodigious · celebrated · renowned · distinguished
Exceptional intelligence or luster
- intelligenceMental ability, cognitive capacity
- IQIntelligence score
- cognitionMental knowledge acquisition
- brainpowerIntellectual capacity
savant · erudition · acumen · giftedness · reasoning · analytical · comprehension · perception
Creator of original devices
- pioneerEarly explorer or settler
- trailblazerFirst to forge ahead
- entrepreneurOne who starts businesses
- disruptorOne who overturns norms
breakthrough · patent · prototype · Edison · Tesla · visionary · founder · revolutionary
Faculty for forming ideas
- inspirationSource of creative impulse
- originalityNovel creative quality
- artistryExceptional creative skill
- visionaryImaginative planner of futures
innovation · avant-garde · artistic · unconventional · inventiveness · muse · ideation · conceptual
Wisdom keeper or seasoning
- oracleAuthoritative wisdom source
- enlightenedPossessing profound insight
- profoundIntensely meaningful or insightful
- insightfulHaving penetrating discernment
discernment · foresight · sagacity · perspicacity · intuition · epiphany · revelation · clarity
Soul, mood, or liquor
- guardianProtective caretaker of another
- placePosition or location
- protectiveServing to guard
- RomanOf ancient Italy's capital
tutelary · deity · supernatural · locale · atmosphere · essence · presiding · shrine
Expert in planning campaigns
- architectBuilding design professional
- schemerCrafty, deceitful planner
- plotterMachinator or diagram machine
- cunningSly, scheming cleverness
calculating · puppeteer · orchestrator · tactician · heist · Moriarty · manipulation · conspiracy
wunderkind
Remarkably talented youngster
- MozartEighteenth-century Austrian composer
- precocityPremature mental development
- whiz-kidRemarkably talented youngster
virtuoso · phenom · exceptional · spelling-bee · savant · prodigious
luminary
Inspiring figure or celestial body
- maestroDistinguished musical leader
- virtuosoSupremely accomplished performer
- legendUnverified traditional tale
icon · master · expert · laureate · Nobel · prodigious · celebrated · renowned · distinguished · eminent
brilliance
Exceptional intelligence or luster
- intelligenceMental ability, cognitive capacity
- IQIntelligence score
- cognitionMental knowledge acquisition
brainpower · savant · erudition · acumen · giftedness · reasoning · analytical · comprehension · perception · mentality
inventor
Creator of original devices
- pioneerEarly explorer or settler
- trailblazerFirst to forge ahead
- entrepreneurOne who starts businesses
disruptor · breakthrough · patent · prototype · Edison · Tesla · visionary · founder · revolutionary · game-changer
imagination
Faculty for forming ideas
- inspirationSource of creative impulse
- originalityNovel creative quality
- artistryExceptional creative skill
visionary · innovation · avant-garde · artistic · unconventional · inventiveness · muse · ideation · conceptual · experimental
sage
Wisdom keeper or seasoning
- oracleAuthoritative wisdom source
- enlightenedPossessing profound insight
- profoundIntensely meaningful or insightful
insightful · discernment · foresight · sagacity · perspicacity · intuition · epiphany · revelation · clarity · philosopher
spirit
Soul, mood, or liquor
- guardianProtective caretaker of another
- placePosition or location
- protectiveServing to guard
Roman · tutelary · deity · supernatural · locale · atmosphere · essence · presiding · shrine · sacred
strategist
Expert in planning campaigns
- architectBuilding design professional
- schemerCrafty, deceitful planner
- plotterMachinator or diagram machine
cunning · calculating · puppeteer · orchestrator · tactician · heist · Moriarty · manipulation · conspiracy · masterstroke
- skillsskills, skill, ability, abilities, competencies
- achieversachiever, high achiever, overachiever, go-getter, striver
- EinsteinE=mc2, relativity, general relativity, special relativity, physics
- elite performerssuperstar, virtuoso, all-star, MVP, maestro
- Geniusprodigy, brainiac, savant, brilliance, mastermind
- geniusesbrainiac, prodigy, Einstein, intellect, mastermind
geniushack
Shortcut or breach
plodder · mediocrity · copycat · drone · imitator
geniusphilistine
Art-dismissing ignoramus
lowbrow · ignoramus · know-nothing · anti-intellectual · illiterate
- evil geniusWicked yet brilliant schemer
- flash of geniusSudden brilliant idea
- stroke of geniusBrilliantly inventive act
- child geniusExceptionally intelligent young person
- comedic geniusExceptionally gifted at humor
- creative geniusExceptional inventive ability
genial, genie, ingenious, congenial, geniality, progenitor, geniuses, congenital, genially