Genius
Meaning of Genius
- exceptional intellectual or creative power or other natural ability.
she was a teacher of genius
that woman has a genius for organization
- an exceptionally intelligent person or one with exceptional skill in a particular area of activity.
a mathematical genius
- a person regarded as exerting a powerful influence over another for good or evil.
he sees Adams as the man's evil genius
this young man is my good genius, my guardian angel
- the prevailing character or spirit of something.
Boucher's paintings did not suit the austere genius of neoclassicism
- very clever or ingenious.
a genius idea
this book was absolutely genius in parts
late Middle English: from Latin, ‘attendant spirit present from one's birth, innate ability or inclination’, from the root of gignere ‘beget’. The original sense ‘spirit attendant on a person’ gave rise to a sense ‘a person's characteristic disposition’ (late 16th century), which led to a sense ‘a person's natural ability’, and finally ‘exceptional natural ability’ (mid 17th century).
Information about Genius
Hyphenation of Genius
Ge-nius
- It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
- Genius is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
Genius synonyms
Meaning mastermind:
mastermind, brain, brainiac, Einstein
Meaning brilliance:
Meaning ace:
ace, adept, champion, sensation, maven, mavin, virtuoso, hotshot, star, superstar, whiz, whizz, wizard, wiz
Meaning wizardry:
Meaning flair:
Meaning the quality of being clever; intelligence or shrewdness:
Meaning a clever person who supplies the ideas and plans for a group of people:
Meaning the quality of having or showing great knowledge or learning; scholarship:
Meaning the quality of having experience, knowledge, and good judgement; the quality of being wise:
Meaning the quality of being sagacious:
Meaning the capacity for inventive thought and quick understanding; keen intelligence:
Meaning creative skill or ability:
Meaning natural aptitude or skill:
Meaning a natural ability or talent:
Meaning a natural tendency:
Meaning a natural ability to do or learn something well and easily:
Meaning an acquired or natural skill at doing something:
Meaning skill or ability in a particular field:
Meaning an act of touching someone or something:
Meaning a natural talent or inclination:
Meaning talent, skill, or proficiency in a particular area:
Meaning expert skill or knowledge in a particular field:
Meaning the maximum amount that something can contain:
Meaning the ability or capacity to do something or act in a particular way:
Meaning an aptitude for doing something:
Meaning the action of endowing something or someone:
Meaning the quality or state of being physically strong:
Meaning a thing at which someone excels:
Meaning skill in performing tasks, especially with the hands:
Meaning cleverness or skill:
Meaning the ability to do something well; expertise:
Meaning great skill in music or another artistic pursuit:
Meaning a person possessing a highly developed intellect:
Meaning the faculty of reasoning and understanding objectively, especially with regard to abstract matters:
Meaning a highbrow person:
Meaning a person who is very knowledgeable about or skilful in a particular area:
Meaning a skilled practitioner of a particular art or activity:
Meaning a person skilled at a particular task or occupation:
Meaning a person of wide knowledge or learning:
Meaning a young person with exceptional qualities or abilities:
Meaning a highly academic or studious person; an intellectual:
Meaning a person skilled in the Japanese art of ninjutsu:
Meaning a very clever person:
Meaning a person engaged in scientific or technical research:
Genius antonyms
Meaning behaviour that shows a lack of good sense or judgement:
Meaning a person who is slow at learning; a stupid person:
Anagrams of Genius
Words that rhyme with Genius
Anius, Ascanius, Lanius, Manius, acranius, encranius, epicranius, lanius, litocranius, monocranius, Rhodnius, Aenius, Arrhenius, Comenius, Cyllenius, Eugenius, Goclenius, Numenius, Parthenius, Schoenius, Sthenius, Theoxenius, disgenius, genius, numenius, splenius, ungenius, Albategnius, Arminius, Delphinius, Flaminius, Geminius, Plinius, Stettinius, arminius, flaminius, scardinius, Vilnius, vilnius, Atymnius, Licymnius, Tolumnius, Cotunnius, Ennius, Sisinnius, Stannius, blennius, Antonius, Apollonius, Ausonius