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as in brains
a very smart person
the 16-year-old college graduate was considered to be a genius
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as in talents
a special and usually inborn ability
had a genius for remembering long strings of numbers had a genius for saying the wrong thing, no matter what the social situation
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as in tendencies
a habitual attraction to some activity or thing
a genius for gambling over his head
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as in personalities
the set of qualities that makes a person, a group of people, or a thing different from others
putting the needs of the individual before those of society is alien to the genius of the Japanese people
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as in manifestations
a visible representation of something abstract (as a quality)
the giant tortoise would seem to be the very genius of the unfathomable ancientness that one associates with the Galápagos Islands
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Recent Examples of geniuses
Ringo was yellow submarines and octopus gardens, the mascot little brother, despite being the eldest Beatle, and the best at flittering above the feuds that afflicted the trio of geniuses around him.
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Mark Leibovich, The Atlantic, 31 Mar. 2025
The WarioWare series is where Nintendo's game design geniuses really let their freak flags fly, with hundreds of absolutely bonkers microgames that last only seconds but challenge mind and reflexes.
—K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
And, of course, biographical dramas about musical geniuses.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 27 Mar. 2025
That cast included fellow comedic geniuses Billy Crystal, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Christopher Guest.
—Alexandra Schonfeld, People.com, 26 Mar. 2025
That’s where Philip has his geniuses.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 22 Mar. 2025
Bach and Mozart, Newton and Einstein, Michelangelo and Picasso are considered geniuses because their rare creative minds were also amazingly efficient at bringing their innovative ideas to completion.
—Big Think, 20 Mar. 2025
My teammates, who were geniuses, politely ignored me for five minutes.
—Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 17 Mar. 2025
Thus, these geniuses essentially suggest about half the free agents best fit LA, Yankees, or Mets, because obviously those are the teams most in need of such additions to improve their competitive nature.
—Tim Britton, The Athletic, 5 Feb. 2025
Mark Leibovich, The Atlantic, 31 Mar. 2025
The WarioWare series is where Nintendo's game design geniuses really let their freak flags fly, with hundreds of absolutely bonkers microgames that last only seconds but challenge mind and reflexes.
—K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
And, of course, biographical dramas about musical geniuses.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 27 Mar. 2025
That cast included fellow comedic geniuses Billy Crystal, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Christopher Guest.
—Alexandra Schonfeld, People.com, 26 Mar. 2025
That’s where Philip has his geniuses.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 22 Mar. 2025
Bach and Mozart, Newton and Einstein, Michelangelo and Picasso are considered geniuses because their rare creative minds were also amazingly efficient at bringing their innovative ideas to completion.
—Big Think, 20 Mar. 2025
My teammates, who were geniuses, politely ignored me for five minutes.
—Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 17 Mar. 2025
Thus, these geniuses essentially suggest about half the free agents best fit LA, Yankees, or Mets, because obviously those are the teams most in need of such additions to improve their competitive nature.
—Tim Britton, The Athletic, 5 Feb. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for geniuses
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Grace Evelyn Reese Adkins devoted her considerable energy and talents as a teacher, writer, composer and minister to promoting Christian beliefs espoused by the Restoration Movement, also known as the Stone-Campbell Movement.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
4 Jan. 2025
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Wayne’s fiery guitar on the title track remains a highlight of their catalog, while his harmonies and instrumental contributions throughout the album demonstrated his wide-ranging talents.—
Darryn King,
Forbes,
3 Jan. 2025
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But his theory seemed to mirror the temperament of Deng, who, for all his reformist tendencies, was a ruthless apparatchik.—
Chang Che,
The New Yorker,
21 Dec. 2024
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This could potentially wear them out, disperse their argumentative bluster, and might even open their eyes to their woefully over-the-top arguing tendencies.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
20 Dec. 2024
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This colossal collision of plotlines and personalities, of wild opposites and weird outcomes?—
Brendan Quinn,
New York Times,
13 Apr. 2025
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This creates a powerful, fast-moving culture, but one that’s often undocumented, inconsistent, and overly reliant on personalities.—
Tracy Lawrence,
Forbes.com,
12 Apr. 2025
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Al-Shabab and later the Islamic State in Somalia are the most extreme manifestations of this trend.—
Ido Levy,
The Conversation,
7 Apr. 2025
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And for those watching from on high—senators, judges, CEOs—mass protests are physical manifestations of public opinion.—
Gal Beckerman,
The Atlantic,
5 Apr. 2025
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However, instead of removing the minerals from the water, these devices make the minerals soluble in the water.—
Timothy Dale,
Better Homes & Gardens,
14 Mar. 2025
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In an unprecedented move, our public schools handed out hundreds of thousands of devices to help more than 1 million students continue to safely learn online with their teachers and classmates.—
Dr. Mitchell Katz,
New York Daily News,
14 Mar. 2025
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And sometimes, the power grabs succeed—because presidential democracy is not protected by constitutions written with magical ink.—
Brian Klaas,
The Atlantic,
3 Dec. 2024
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This is part of a national move to ban involuntary servitude in states whose constitutions still indicate the practice is legal.—
Anabel Sosa,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Nov. 2024
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