as in geniuses
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 brainiacs
The contestants — all performed well by current college students and recent college graduates — are a cross-section of typical middle-school brainiacs.
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Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 June 2026
Citadel’s entire business is built around hiring brainiacs.
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Brandon Kochkodin,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
South Bay brainiacs — watch out.
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Kate Bradshaw,
Mercury News,
28 May 2026
Not the brainiacs in charge, apparently.
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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.
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Rose Horowitch,
The Atlantic,
4 Apr. 2026
By the time season 3 begins, that empire is thriving, with Dwight having amassed a loyal team of hustlers, killers, and brainiacs.
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Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
23 Nov. 2025
Both are wicked smart brainiacs on a tireless quest to do good in the world.
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Natasha Stoynoff,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 June 2026
Citadel’s entire business is built around hiring brainiacs.
—
Brandon Kochkodin,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
South Bay brainiacs — watch out.
—
Kate Bradshaw,
Mercury News,
28 May 2026
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
By the time season 3 begins, that empire is thriving, with Dwight having amassed a loyal team of hustlers, killers, and brainiacs.
—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
23 Nov. 2025
Both are wicked smart brainiacs on a tireless quest to do good in the world.
—
Natasha Stoynoff,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for brainiacs
Noun
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You have been fired or laid off, and your replacement immediately takes the company to unprecedented heights while receiving the universal praise reserved for the geniuses of your craft.
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Drama of the nerds and the geniuses.
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Peeves, the troublemaking ghost who wreaks havoc on young wizards, will be roaming the halls of Hogwarts when the new adaptation kicks off on Christmas Day.
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At the time, Soros, along with the financiers Julian Robertson and Michael Steinhardt, defined the public image of hedge-fund managers as investment wizards who made fortunes through huge bets, contrarian calls, iron stomachs, and a willingness to operate close to—or over—the regulatory line.
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Ultimately, the entire discipline of artificial intelligence can be summarized as the effort to recreate the intelligence of human brains in silicon machines.
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Scientific American spoke with Devika Bhushan, a public health physician and adjunct faculty member at Stanford University School of Medicine, who studies gender norms, about the ways in which fatherhood affects men’s brains and the mental health struggles dads face.
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Women are compelled to suppress their desires, intellects, and emotions in Gilead.
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While the likes of Philo and Trotter have expanded upon the idea by prioritizing people whose intellects align with their brand values, Jacquemus takes it to another level.
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Plus, let’s face it, a TV show’s budget is a mere rounding error for a company worth $4 trillion, so does anybody over there really care if only a few nerds watch Foundation?
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In its first decade, the quirky experiment for passionate nerds exploded in popularity.
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“Brainiacs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brainiacs. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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