genius
[noun]
Synonyms:
- master, brainbox, expert, hotshot (informal), maestro, mastermind, virtuoso, whiz (informal)
- brilliance, ability, aptitude, bent, capacity, flair, gift, knack, talent

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Related Words: creativity, ingenuity, inventiveness, originality, astuteness, brains, grasp, intellect, intelligence, understanding

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English Thesaurus: skill, talent, genius, gift, flair, ...

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

ge‧ni‧us /ˈdʒiːniəs/ noun
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Latin; Origin: 'spirit who guards a person or place', from gignere; ⇒ genital]

1. [uncountable] a very high level of intelligence, mental skill, or ability, which only a few people have:
The film reveals Fellini’s genius.
work/writer/man etc of genius
Wynford was an architect of genius.
a stroke of genius (=a very clever idea)
At the time, his appointment seemed a stroke of genius.
a work of pure genius

2. [countable] someone who has an unusually high level of intelligence, mental skill, or ability:
Freud was a genius.
musical/comic/mathematical etc genius
a genius at (doing) something
My father was a genius at storytelling.

3. a genius for (doing) something special skill at doing something:
That woman has a genius for organization.
Warhol’s genius for publicity

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

genius
noun
I. very great and unusual ability
ADJ. great, pure, real | natural
QUANT. flash, stroke, touch In a flash of pure genius, she realized the answer to the problem. It was a stroke of genius on my part to avoid such awkward questions.
VERB + GENIUS have She has a genius for sorting things out.
show a work which shows real genius
GENIUS + VERB lie in sth His genius lies in his ability to convey pure terror in his work.
PREP. of ~ a writer of genius
~ for his genius for pinpointing the absurd

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

genius
II. person with great and unusual ability
ADJ. great | natural | eccentric, wayward | artistic, comic, creative, literary, mathematical, military, musical, etc.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

skill [uncountable and countable] an ability to do something well, especially because you have learned and practised it:
He plays the piano with great skill.
communication/language/computer etc skills
The course will help you improve your communication skills.
talent [uncountable and countable] a natural ability to do something well which can be developed with practice:
She was a young artist with a lot of talent.
She showed a talent for acting from an early age.
He is a man of many talents.
genius [uncountable] very great ability, which only a few people have:
The opera shows Mozart’s genius as a composer.
Picasso was a painter of genius.
gift [countable] a natural ability to do something very well, which you were born with:
You can see that he has a gift for the game.
Winterson has great gifts as a writer.
flair [singular, uncountable] skill for doing something, especially something that needs imagination and creativity:
The job does require some creative flair.
She has a flair for languages.
expertise [uncountable] specialized knowledge of a technical subject, which you get from experience of doing that type of work:
The technical expertise for building the dam is being provided by a US company.
a/the knack /næk/ [singular] informal a special skill for doing a particular thing, especially a simple everyday thing:
Breadmaking is easy once you get the knack.
He has a knack for making people feel relaxed.

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