hy·per·in·tel·li·gent
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Definition of hyperintelligent
: extremely intelligent
But Weinstein's cast is more than up to the task of playing hyperintelligent kids without turning them into cloying nerd cartoons.— Chris Jones … my column seems to be popular with a certain breed of hyper-intelligent, easily outraged, deeply ironical funsters …— Jonah Goldberg
Synonyms & Antonyms for hyperintelligent
Synonyms
- alert,
- brainy,
- bright,
- brilliant,
- clever,
- exceptional,
- fast,
- intelligent,
- keen,
- nimble,
- quick,
- quick-witted,
- sharp,
- sharp-witted,
- smart,
- supersmart,
- ultrasmart
Antonyms
- airheaded,
- birdbrained,
- boneheaded,
- brain-dead,
- brainless,
- bubbleheaded,
- chuckleheaded,
- dense,
- dim,
- dim-witted,
- doltish,
- dopey
- (also dopy),
- dorky
- [slang],
- dull,
- dumb,
- dunderheaded,
- empty-headed,
- fatuous,
- gormless
- [chiefly British],
- half-witted,
- knuckleheaded,
- lamebrain
- (or lamebrained),
- lunkheaded,
- mindless,
- obtuse,
- opaque,
- pinheaded,
- senseless,
- simple,
- slow,
- slow-witted,
- soft,
- softheaded,
- stupid,
- thick,
- thickheaded,
- thick-witted,
- unbrilliant,
- unintelligent,
- unsmart,
- vacuous,
- weak-minded,
- witless
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“Hyperintelligent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hyperintelligent. Accessed 21 May. 2022.
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