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as in wizards
a very smart person
the 16-year-old college graduate was considered to be a genius
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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
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as in aptitudes
a habitual attraction to some activity or thing
a genius for gambling over his head
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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
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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
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Recent Examples of geniuses
This has been, in no small part, because Russia’s writers have often played an antagonistic role in the efforts of Russia’s rulers to shape a particular image of the country, including Alexander Pushkin and Leo Tolstoy—arguably Russia’s two most iconic literary geniuses.
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Literary Hub, 18 May 2026
But there was also a team beyond that consisting of creative geniuses like chess grandmasters, codebreakers and human psychologists.
—Alexander Foster, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
Both are considered offensive geniuses, both made controversial coaching moves and both face high expectations.
—Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 13 May 2026
Also, the brilliance of Tolstoy and Chekhov and Dostoevsky, these geniuses that have gone down in history.
—David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2026
Like nuclear-fission research, machine learning was a small scientific field with epochal implications which was dominated by a cadre of eccentric geniuses.
—Ronan Farrow, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
And when the battleground is AI and art, geniuses often seem like The Good Guys.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 6 Apr. 2026
If Hafley can get all three to meet or exceed their draft-day expectations, the rebuild zooms way ahead of the curve, and Hafley and his staff look like coaching geniuses.
—Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 26 Mar. 2026
There are a lot of geniuses out there.
—Josh Tyrangiel, The Atlantic, 22 Mar. 2026
Literary Hub, 18 May 2026
But there was also a team beyond that consisting of creative geniuses like chess grandmasters, codebreakers and human psychologists.
—Alexander Foster, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
Both are considered offensive geniuses, both made controversial coaching moves and both face high expectations.
—Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 13 May 2026
Also, the brilliance of Tolstoy and Chekhov and Dostoevsky, these geniuses that have gone down in history.
—David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2026
Like nuclear-fission research, machine learning was a small scientific field with epochal implications which was dominated by a cadre of eccentric geniuses.
—Ronan Farrow, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
And when the battleground is AI and art, geniuses often seem like The Good Guys.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 6 Apr. 2026
If Hafley can get all three to meet or exceed their draft-day expectations, the rebuild zooms way ahead of the curve, and Hafley and his staff look like coaching geniuses.
—Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 26 Mar. 2026
There are a lot of geniuses out there.
—Josh Tyrangiel, The Atlantic, 22 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for geniuses
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This year’s color wizards turn rooms into experiences and spaces into feelings, all with a wave of their magic wands (or paintbrushes, in this case).—
Eleni N. Gage,
Better Homes & Gardens,
13 May 2026
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QuickBooks Workforce offers help with setup through wizards and other guides, online support, and personalized assistance from Intuit payroll experts.—
Kathy Yakal,
PC Magazine,
6 May 2026
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This same window of time will promote the arts and give you opportunities to express your creative talents.—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
20 May 2026
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Fanning wanted to emphasize Margo’s writerly talents, an intention Kelley shared.—
Tomris Laffly,
Los Angeles Times,
20 May 2026
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For this class, the premise is that your purpose in life lies to the intersection of your values, your aptitudes and your interests.—
Dana Taylor,
USA Today,
6 May 2026
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This model reflects Japan’s long-standing corporate culture, which prioritizes new hires for their general potential—their aptitudes and aspirations, as opposed to their current skill sets or university majors—and then trains them on the job.—
GRACIA LIU-FARRER,
Foreign Affairs,
18 Nov. 2025
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These observations suggest that small, mysterious moons with surprisingly different natures are the source of the particles that make up the two outermost rings, and that there are probably even more undiscovered moons to add to the 29 already known around Uranus.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
22 Apr. 2026
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Last month, a Los Angeles jury found social media giants Meta and Google failed to warn children about the addictive natures of their platforms.—
Drew Aunkst,
CBS News,
21 Apr. 2026
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Murphy won't say, for fear of sharing her manifestations.—
Rebecca Aizin,
PEOPLE,
15 May 2026
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Examples include his pioneering insights on the dispersal of seeds, his anticipation of Charles Darwin’s theory of natural selection and his study of the seasonal manifestations of natural phenomena, such as plants’ flowering times and bird migrations.—
Robert M. Thorson,
The Conversation,
8 May 2026
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Our brains were going into overdrive.—
Lexi Lane,
PEOPLE,
16 May 2026
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This trade-off is a likely explanation for why regeneration is so rare among vertebrates with large, complex brains.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2026
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As previously noted, one of the gifts of Russian greats that Saunders most celebrates is their way of locating complex truths in the stuff of ordinary lives—their towns and farms, and their families, their servants; their animals.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 May 2026
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The talented Oklahoma City Thunder point guard, who is the 18th player to win at least two MVP awards and the 14th to win them in back-to-back, presented his entire team with gifts before accepting the Michael Jordan Trophy from NBA commissioner Adam Silver.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
20 May 2026
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But over time, these tendencies have taken their toll.—
Charles Trepany,
USA Today,
14 May 2026
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The movie only hints at the underlying social tendencies that a populist exploits.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
13 May 2026
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“Geniuses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/geniuses. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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