Synonyms of genies

genies 1 of 2

noun (1)

variants also genii

plural of genie

as in demons

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.

Related Words

• demons
• vampires
• ghouls
• fairies
• ghosts
• devils
• jinn
• elves
• goblins
• banshees
• imps
• monsters
• gnomes
• shadows
• fiends
• dwarfs
• pixies
• nightmares
• succubi
• incubi
• hags
• ghoulies
• faeries
• apparitions
• phantoms
• wraiths
• trolls
• visions
• cacodemons
• specters
• poltergeists
• afreets
• familiars
• leprechauns
• shades
• spooks
• phantasms
• gremlins
• sprites
• shaitans
• bugbears
• lamiae
• brownies
• familiar spirits
• hobgoblins
• kobolds
• ogres
• pucks
• geniuses
• fays
• bogeys

Dissimilar Words

• angels

geniuses

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noun (2)

variants or genii

plural of genius

1

as in wizards

a very smart person

the 16-year-old college graduate was considered to be a genius

Synonyms & Similar Words

• wizards
• brains
• intellects
• brainiacs
• thinkers
• nerds
• geeks
• intellectuals
• virtuosos
• whizzes
• savants
• wizzes
• sages
• polymaths
• blues
• masters
• highbrows
• bluestockings
• Renaissance men
• longhairs
• polyhistors
• aces
• crackerjacks

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• idiots
• morons
• imbeciles
• dolts
• dunces
• dopes
• knuckleheads
• blockheads
• dummies
• goons
• pinheads
• illiterates
• numskulls
• nitwits
• ignoramuses
• fatheads
• hammerheads
• dumbbells
• lowbrows
• half-wits
• fools
• philistines
• dodoes
• asses
• know-nothings
• jackasses
• donkeys
• clowns
• beasts
• jerks
• heels
• snakes
• boors
• cretins
• stinkers
• skunks
• louts
• creeps
• cads
• anti-intellectuals
• curs
• churls
• louses

2

as in talents

a special and usually inborn ability

had a genius for remembering long strings of numbers

had a genius for saying the wrong thing, no matter what the social situation

Synonyms & Similar Words

• talents
• aptitudes
• gifts
• knacks
• faculties
• flairs
• endowments
• bents
• minds
• tendencies
• eyes
• ears
• skills
• affinities
• heads
• impulses
• inclinations
• instincts
• proclivities
• predilections
• biases
• feels
• noses
• propensities
• facilities
• predispositions
• powers
• capabilities
• dispositions
• leanings
• capacities
• potentials
• ways
• penchants
• competences
• proficiencies
• specialties
• partialities
• habitudes
• turns
• hangs
• touches
• specialities
• fortes
• specialisms

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• disabilities
• handicaps
• weaknesses
• shortcomings
• incapacities
• inabilities

3

as in aptitudes

a habitual attraction to some activity or thing

a genius for gambling over his head

Synonyms & Similar Words

• aptitudes
• tendencies
• inclinations
• affinities
• talents
• devices
• affections
• impulses
• proclivities
• biases
• predilections
• knacks
• dispositions
• predispositions
• leanings
• propensities
• bents
• gifts
• addictions
• appetites
• bones
• penchants
• preferences
• prejudices
• partialities
• habitudes
• turns
• faculties
• endowments
• habits
• tastes
• likes
• specialties
• favors
• practices
• specialities
• eccentricities
• partisanships
• fancies
• flairs
• idiosyncrasies
• customs
• singularities
• quirks
• patterns
• peculiarities
• tricks
• routines
• conventions
• oddities
• likings
• ways
• fortes
• kinks
• wonts

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• allergies
• dislikes
• disinclinations
• distastes
• disrelishes
• aversions
• detachments
• disfavors
• indifferences
• impartialities
• neutralities
• objectivities
• insouciances
• nonchalances
• apathies

4

as in natures

the set of qualities that makes a person, a group of people, or a thing different from others

putting the needs of the individual before those of society is alien to the genius of the Japanese people

Synonyms & Similar Words

• natures
• personalities
• selves
• tones
• characters
• characteristics
• colors
• constitutions
• clays
• traits
• features
• spirits
• dispositions
• compositions
• temperaments
• complexions
• essences
• singularities
• habits
• attributes
• sorts
• properties
• hallmarks
• souls
• flavors
• substances
• individualities
• stuff
• stamps
• tempers
• metals
• grains
• ways
• essentialities
• interiors
• earmarks
• points
• marks
• makeups
• interiorities
• savors

5

as in manifestations

a visible representation of something abstract (as a quality)

the giant tortoise would seem to be the very genius of the unfathomable ancientness that one associates with the Galápagos Islands

Synonyms & Similar Words

• manifestations
• icons
• images
• avatars
• incarnations
• essences
• personifications
• models
• abstracts
• incorporations
• objectifications
• externalizations
• epitomes
• instantiations
• embodiments
• realizations
• embodiers
• personifiers
• souls
• exemplifications
• reincarnations
• paradigms
• actualizations
• personalizations
• exemplars
• concretizations
• archetypes
• substantiations
• patterns
• quintessences

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of genies

Noun

Like genies, the sky's the limit for making your holiday wishes come true. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 June 2026

One Aladdin Two Lamps contains spectacular genies of its own, particularly when the author follows her intuition. — Dan Sheehan, Literary Hub, 22 Jan. 2026

He and Ka-young are reunited, both as genies. — Kayti Burt, Time, 3 Oct. 2025

Noun

Their attention to detail in the studio when arranging each member’s parts was like witnessing true geniuses at work. — Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 24 Sep. 2026

In their place are flawed geniuses and idiosyncratic personalities thrust together in the dregs of intelligence services, operating like a dysfunctional family under its disreputable patriarch. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 17 Aug. 2026

Broadly speaking, these kinds of stories — powered by a stop-them-before-they-kill-again clock, making their antagonists out to be finicky geniuses or horror movie monsters instead of opportunistic mediocrities — strike me as a low form of fiction. — Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 27 July 2026

To get around this, as Anne Hathaway so eloquently explains, the IMAX tech geniuses placed mirrors onto the sides of the cameras, so the actors could see each other and maintain a natural acting flow — ingenious stuff. — Benny Har-Even, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026

With his rugged handsomeness and wry sense of humor, Neill built an almost-50-year career playing heroes and villains, freaks and geniuses. — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 13 July 2026

Most art theft isn’t glamorous, and most art thieves are not criminal geniuses. — Jo Piazza, PEOPLE, 11 July 2026

The act behind the most bewildering ambient techno of the past 15 years is not a shadowy syndicate or group of evil geniuses. — Andrew Ryce, Pitchfork, 6 July 2026

The two budding geniuses would sit in Charles’ apartment for hours, talking music theory and analyzing records, though Jones’s curiosity occasionally exhausted Charles. — Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 3 July 2026