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geniuses

NOUN

gift of high intellect

Synonyms

STRONGEST

ability accomplishment acumen aptitude brilliance flair imagination ingenuity inspiration intelligence inventiveness knack originality prodigy prowess talent wisdom

STRONG

Einstein acuteness adept aptness astuteness bent brain capability capacity creativity discernment endowment expert faculty grasp head inclination perspicacity power precocity propensity reach sagacity turn understanding virtuoso

WEAK

mature percipience superability

Antonyms

STRONGEST

ignorance inability incapacity ineptitude ineptness lack stupidity weakness

STRONG

amateur impotence incompetence misunderstanding

WEAK

idiot imbecile

Example Sentences

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Other systems have geniuses too, but America like no country before it offered its geniuses a stage and a chance to star in the show.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

Springsteen called the musician a writer in the lineage of "geniuses" and "natural rebels" like Woody Guthrie, Hank Williams, Miles Davis, Aretha Franklin and Bob Dylan.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026

Although it isn’t clear I need a country of geniuses to book my JetBlue flights, I welcome their help.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026

“It’s fascinating to me that we had all these great geniuses in town, and kind of ignored them,” says Dunn.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 15, 2026

Could such geniuses have equally well been born in Tasmania or Namibia?

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond