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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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Their system didn’t work and couldn’t grow, and the geniuses were denied a stage.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

“They are such artistic geniuses, but so silly and playful.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 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

And the quality of his play since then has made the Seahawks look like geniuses.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 3, 2026

“It used to be a planet. I can’t believe you two geniuses don’t know that after all the space videos you’ve watched!”

From "Auggie & Me" by R. J. Palacio