geniuses
Exceptionally intelligent people
Geniuses is the plural of genius—people of exceptional intellectual or creative ability: The Manhattan Project assembled the greatest scientific geniuses of the era.
Used loosely, it can be ironic or sarcastic: Which one of you geniuses left the door unlocked?
Exceptional intelligence or luster
- cognitionMental knowledge acquisition
- intelligenceMental ability, cognitive capacity
- reasoningDrawing logical conclusions
- acumenSharpness of mind
astuteness · erudition · wisdom · insight · comprehension · logic · analysis · philosophy
Remarkably talented youngster
- whizkidRemarkably talented young person
- MozartEighteenth-century Austrian composer
- prodigiousExtraordinarily great in extent
- giftedGiven as present
precocious · virtuoso · phenom · talent · valedictorian · pianist · composer · violinist
Creator of original devices
- creativityCapacity for original thought
- breakthroughSudden important advance
- originalityNovel creative quality
- pioneeringFirst to explore territory
patent · discovery · ideation · Einstein · Edison · Tesla · disruption · entrepreneurship
Tomorrow trends scholar
- pioneerEarly explorer or settler
- trailblazerFirst to forge ahead
- prophetDivinely inspired messenger
- dreamerOne given to fantasies
idealist · strategist · oracle · seer · innovator · creator · revolutionary · luminary
brilliance
Exceptional intelligence or luster
- cognitionMental knowledge acquisition
- intelligenceMental ability, cognitive capacity
- reasoningDrawing logical conclusions
acumen · astuteness · erudition · wisdom · insight · comprehension · logic · analysis · philosophy · neuroscience
wunderkind
Remarkably talented youngster
- whizkidRemarkably talented young person
- MozartEighteenth-century Austrian composer
- prodigiousExtraordinarily great in extent
gifted · precocious · virtuoso · phenom · talent · valedictorian · pianist · composer · violinist · mathematician
inventor
Creator of original devices
- creativityCapacity for original thought
- breakthroughSudden important advance
- originalityNovel creative quality
pioneering · patent · discovery · ideation · Einstein · Edison · Tesla · disruption · entrepreneurship · prototype
futurist
Tomorrow trends scholar
- pioneerEarly explorer or settler
- trailblazerFirst to forge ahead
- prophetDivinely inspired messenger
dreamer · idealist · strategist · oracle · seer · innovator · creator · revolutionary · luminary · thought-leader
- high achieversoverachievers, champions, gold medalists, record holders, world champions
- VIPscelebrities, superstars, head of state, stars, legend
- achieversachiever, high achiever, overachiever, go-getter, striver
geniusesincompetents
Those lacking skill
amateurs · novices · bunglers · hacks · dilettantes
geniusesordinary people
Everyday individuals, unremarkable
everyman · common people · average Joes · regular folks · nobodies
- 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