Another word for genius
a-z
Noun
Liveliness and vivacity of imagination
- The excitement of the mind or emotions to a high level of feeling or activity:
- The condition of being so excited:
- The quality of being so excited, as manifested in something:
- A rapid, persistent chemical change that releases heat and light and is accompanied by flame, especially the exothermic oxidation of a combustible substance:
- A specific instance of this change that destroys something:
- A burning fuel:
- Brilliance, as of intellect or artistic performance.
- Extreme brightness.
- Exceptional clarity and agility of intellect or invention.
- Splendor; magnificence.
See also:An innate capability
- To cause to move around an axis or center; cause to rotate or revolve:
- To cause to move around in order to achieve a result, such as opening, closing, tightening, or loosening:
- To alter or control the functioning of (a mechanical device, for example) by the use of a rotating or similar movement:
- A marked innate ability, as for artistic accomplishment:
- Natural endowment or ability of a superior quality:
- A person or group of people having such ability:
- A special talent or skill, especially one difficult to explain or teach:
- A tendency or pattern of behavior:
- A clever trick.
- An inborn pattern of behavior that is characteristic of a species and is often a response to specific environmental stimuli:
- A powerful motivation or impulse.
- An innate capability or aptitude:
- The uppermost or forwardmost part of the body of a vertebrate, containing the brain and the eyes, ears, nose, mouth, and jaws.
- The analogous part of an invertebrate organism.
- The length or height of such a part:
- Something that is bestowed voluntarily and without compensation:
- The act of giving:
- A talent, endowment, aptitude, or inclination:
- A natural talent or aptitude; a knack:
- Instinctive discernment; keenness:
- Distinctive elegance or style:
- An inherent power or ability:
- A talent or natural ability for something:
- The teachers and instructors of a school or college, or of one of its divisions, especially those considered permanent, full-time employees.
- Altered from an originally straight or even condition:
- Determined to take a course of action:
- Corrupt; venal.
- suitability; the quality of being apt or suitable
- disposition of the mind; propensity
- quickness of apprehension; readiness in learning; docility
- An inherent ability, as for learning; a talent:
- The condition or quality of being suitable; appropriateness.
© Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Another word for genius
Noun
The highest degree of intellectual capacity
One having genius, sense 1
- One who practices magic; a sorcerer or magician.
- A skilled or clever person:
- A sage.
- To make a whirring or hissing sound, as of an object speeding through air.
- To move or do something quickly:
- To pass quickly:
- A scientist who specializes in rocketry.
- An extremely intelligent person.
- The ability to learn and reason; the capacity for knowledge and understanding:
- A person's individual ability to think and reason:
- A person of great intellectual ability:
- The portion of the vertebrate central nervous system that is enclosed within the cranium, continuous with the spinal cord, and composed of gray matter and white matter. It is the primary center for the regulation and control of bodily activities, receiving and interpreting sensory impulses, and transmitting information to the muscles and body organs. It is also the seat of consciousness, thought, memory, and emotion.
- A functionally similar portion of the invertebrate nervous system.
- Intellectual ability; intellect:
- a highly intelligent person
- Of or relating to the intellect.
- Rational rather than emotional:
- Appealing to or engaging the intellect:
- A highly intelligent person, especially one who plans and directs a complex or difficult project:
- To direct, plan, or supervise (a project or activity).
- A master in an art, especially a composer, conductor, or music teacher.
- The owner or keeper of an animal:
- The owner of a slave.
- One who has control over or ownership of something:
- A musician with masterly ability, technique, or personal style.
- A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
- A person with a strong interest in the fine arts, especially in antiquities.
- Very skilled or accomplished.
- A highly skilled person; an expert:
- A person with exceptional talents or powers:
- An act or event so extraordinary or rare as to inspire wonder:
- A portentous sign or event; an omen.
Character or characteristics
- One's usual mood; temperament:
- A habitual inclination; a tendency:
- A physical property or tendency:
- To distinguish the flavor of by taking into the mouth.
- To eat or drink a small quantity of.
- To partake of, especially for the first time; experience:
- The material world and its phenomena:
- The forces and processes that produce and control these phenomena:
- The world of living things and the outdoors:
© WEBSTER’S NEW WORLD® ROGET’S A-Z THESAURUS by Charlton Laird and the editors of Webster’s New World dictionaries. Copyright © 1999 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.