Synonyms for genius

noun

1. The highest degree of intellectual capacity

   ability, talent, intellect, brains, intelligence, brilliance, endowment, precocity, inspiration, imagination, gift, aptitude, faculty, propensity, wisdom, astuteness, penetration, grasp, discernment, acumen, acuteness, percipience, power, capacity, capability, accomplishment, sagacity, subtlety, perspicacity, understanding, reach, sympathy, daemon, afflatus, enthusiasm, creative gift, knack, bent, turn, flair.

2. One having genius, sense 1

   gifted person, prodigy, adept, virtuoso, master, maestro, mastermind, intellectual, Einstein, mental giant, Wunderkind (German), brain*, intellect*, rocket scientist*, whiz*, wizard*; see also artist 2, author 1, master 3.

3. Character or characteristics

   nature, taste, disposition; see character 1, 2. See syn. study at talent.