English Explanatory Dictionary

genius

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill; especially somebody who has demonstrated this by a creative or original work in science, music, art, etc.
  2. Extraordinary mental capacity.
  3. Inspiration, a mental leap, an extraordinary creative process.
  4. The tutelary deity or spirit of a place or person.
adj
  1. Ingenious, brilliant, very clever, or original.

Pronunciation

jēniəs jēnyəs /ˈd͡ʒiː.ni.əs/ /ˈd͡ʒin.jəs/ /ˈd͡ʒi.ni.əs/ en-us-genius.ogg

Word forms

genius geniuses genii more genius most genius

Etymology

From Latin genius (“inborn nature; a tutelary deity of a person or place; wit, brilliance”), from gignō (“to beget, produce”), Old Latin genō, from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵenh₁-. Doublet of genio. See also genus and genie.

Synonyms

brain brain surgeon brainbox brainiac deep thinker Einstein egghead genius intellectual mind rocket scientist superbrain thinker tutelary deity spirit liqueur liquor apparition specter vision

Antonyms

idiot

Related words

sage wise

Derived words

bonus genius dumb genius evil genius geniocracy geniolatry geniosity genius familiae genius hominis geniuslike genius loci genius locorum geniusness malus genius nongenius scenius stroke of genius SubGenius supergenius ungenius
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