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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

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

“He realized that geniuses are made, not born,” says Hungarian chess master Anna Rudolf, “if they are educated in the right way.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

The sad part is these weren’t criminal geniuses.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 7, 2026

“She can do any math problem. How many geniuses do you know? She should be in college or working for some government agency. She’s way smarter than any of us or anyone we’ve ever met.”

From "The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl" by Stacy McAnulty