brainiac

noun

ˈbrā-nē-ˌak How to pronounce brainiac (audio)
Definition of brainiacnext
as in genius
a very smart person a techie who always has to have the latest gadget that the brainiacs in Silicon Valley have cooked up

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Recent Examples of brainiac Not the brainiacs in charge, apparently. — Rachel Marsden, Hartford Courant, 17 Apr. 2026 Even at a flagship public university, the true type-A brainiacs might have to work harder to find one another. — Rose Horowitch, The Atlantic, 4 Apr. 2026 The bright-eyed Redmayne really fits the part of a brainiac – especially in a story about one of our greatest minds. — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 9 Mar. 2026 Like the other characters in the book, Harper is a stock figure, the brainiac child, but her fearlessness in the face of a crumbling, dishonest world reinvigorates the type. — Hannah Gold, New Yorker, 21 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for brainiac
Recent Examples of Synonyms for brainiac
  1. genius
  2. wizard
  3. nerd
  4. brain
Noun
  • Newcomer Mia Tharia’s Josie is a sickly genius who’s invariably kind to Klara and precociously self-aware in the vein of YA teen heroes everywhere.
    — Natasha O'Neill, Vanity Fair, 22 Oct. 2026
  • With stars, form, and strategic geniuses on both sides, today's face-off is promising to be a game for the ages.
    — Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of genius
Noun
  • Pittol is an ice cream wizard, capable of distilling the essence of nearly any flavor into frozen dessert form.
    — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Since his host has a strict rule about using human avatars in this environment, the bad guy now presents as the gentleman from The Blacklist rocking a wizard’s beard.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of wizard
Noun
  • The iPhone has been the same for so long that being forced to come up with little moves and tricks and ways to think about holding the Duo is a gadget nerd thrill.
    — Nilay Patel, The Verge, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Harbach is a gifted observer of undergraduates, their pathos and their comedy, but his Westish is a gentle and perhaps too-good-natured institution, where even the jocks are nerds.
    — B. D. McClay, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of nerd
Noun
  • The music on Uncle feels innate, as if Funkhouser had dug these songs out from deep within the crawlspace in his brain.
    — Jeff Yerger, Pitchfork, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Detours and shortcuts in the brain The cells and synapses of the brain aren’t arranged in rigid, linear paths for each task and experience.
    — Sean Mccabe, Hartford Courant, 18 Oct. 2026
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