as in demon
in stories
a magic spirit that looks like a person, often lives in a lamp or bottle, and serves the person who calls it
He rubbed the magic lamp to summon the genie.
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Recent Examples of genie
The genie was out of the bottle.
—
Wyatt Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
26 May 2026
The genie is out of the bottle.
—
Lily Moayeri,
SPIN,
1 May 2026
Amazon's Deals of the Day are the genie to your Aladdin.
—
Juhi Wadia,
PC Magazine,
21 Apr. 2026
The genie was out of the bottle.
—
Nick El Hajj,
USA Today,
15 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for genie
Wyatt Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
26 May 2026
The genie is out of the bottle.
—
Lily Moayeri,
SPIN,
1 May 2026
Amazon's Deals of the Day are the genie to your Aladdin.
—
Juhi Wadia,
PC Magazine,
21 Apr. 2026
The genie was out of the bottle.
—
Nick El Hajj,
USA Today,
15 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for genie
Recent Examples of Synonyms for genie
Noun
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There are highs and lows, angels and demons.
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Davion Mitchell is a defensive demon.
Noun
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Like Lestat explains, there are levels of enjoyment for a vampire.
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Jones first floated the idea of rock star Lestat while the team filmed Season 2 in Prague in 2023, giving Wood time to begin imagining what a nearly 300-year-old vampire might wear while reinventing himself as a singer.
Noun
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For something dreamier, A Midsummer Night’s Dream theme pairs flower garlands and fairy lights with pretty appetizers and edible floral cocktails.
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Flower garlands, fairy lights everywhere, pretty appetizers and edible floral cocktails.
Noun
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There are even whispers of his ghost still haunting the area.
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Co-stars include Aaron Paul and Bryce Dallas Howard in the story of two fraudulent paranormal investigators who are forced to face real ghosts and the lies underpinning their business.
Noun
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Night of the Living Dead centers all the action at a farmhouse, where seven people attempt to ward off the ghouls — without any prior knowledge of how to do so.
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Jittery housemaid Miss Lamb (Thomasin McKenzie) proves less trouble to manage, as Fred scares the wits out of her with bogus talk of a ghoul wandering the Moors.
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But there are lots of potential devils in the details (otherwise there’d be little need for experimental reactors).
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The two vivid soloists were tenor Anthony León as the cocky troubadour and baritone Eleomar Cuello as the cocky devil.
Noun
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But as the djinn becomes embodied, the delicate balance between the real and the supernatural starts to falter.
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In the centuries-old Cape Town Muslim community of my childhood, none of this was particularly unusual; older people spoke freely about ghosts or jinn, counseling us to take precautions of prayers, salt, incense, to limit our interaction with them.
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“Genie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/genie. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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