Definition of genius Genius
/ʤiˈnjʌs/ - [jeenyus] - ge•ni•us
We found 21 definitions of genius from 8 different sources.
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What does genius mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: geniuses |
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| genius - someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality; "Mozart was a child genius"; "he's smart but he's no Einstein" | ||
| mastermind, brain, brainiac, Einstein | ||
| intellectual, intellect a person who uses the mind creatively | ||
| genius - exceptional creative ability | ||
| wizardry | ||
| genius - someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field | ||
| ace, adept, champion, sensation, maven, mavin, virtuoso, hotshot, star, superstar, whiz, whizz, wizard, wiz | ||
| expert a person with special knowledge or ability who performs skillfully | ||
| genius - unusual mental ability | ||
| brilliance | ||
| intelligence the operation of gathering information about an enemy | ||
| coruscation a sudden or striking display of brilliance; "coruscations of great wit" | ||
| pyrotechnics the craft of making fireworks | ||
| genius - a natural talent; "he has a flair for mathematics"; "he has a genius for interior decorating" | ||
| flair | ||
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Wiktionary 
- genius (Noun)
Someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill; especially somebody who has demonstrated this by a creative or original work in science, music, art etc. - genius (Noun)
Extraordinary mental capacity. - genius (Noun)
inspiration, a mental leap, an extraordinary creative process. - genius (Noun)
The guardian spirit of a place or person. - genius (Noun)
A way of thinking, optimizing one's capacity for learning and understanding.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- genius (n.)
A good or evil spirit, or demon, supposed by the ancients to preside over a man's destiny in life; a tutelary deity; a supernatural being; a spirit, good or bad. Cf. Jinnee. - genius (n.)
The peculiar structure of mind with whoch each individual is endowed by nature; that disposition or aptitude of mind which is peculiar to each man, and which qualifies him for certain kinds of action or special success in any pursuit; special taste, inclination, or disposition; as, a genius for history, for poetry, or painting. - genius (n.)
Peculiar character; animating spirit, as of a nation, a religion, a language. - genius (n.)
Distinguished mental superiority; uncommon intellectual power; especially, superior power of invention or origination of any kind, or of forming new combinations; as, a man of genius. - genius (n.)
A man endowed with uncommon vigor of mind; a man of superior intellectual faculties; as, Shakespeare was a rare genius.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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genius
An intelligent person. -
genius
Inspiring spirit of good or bad actions.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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genius
jēn′yus, or jē′ni-us, n. the special inborn faculty of any individual: special taste or disposition qualifying for a particular employment: a man having such power of mind: a good or evil spirit, supposed by the ancients to preside over every person, place, and thing, and esp. to preside over a man's destiny from his birth: prevailing spirit or tendency: type or generic exemplification—(obs.) Gēn′io:—pl. Geniuses (jēn′yus-ez).—Genius loci (L.), the presiding divinity of a place:—pl. Genii (jē′ni-ī). [L. genius—gignĕre, genitum, to beget.]
Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥
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genius
In a military sense, natural talent or disposition to every kind of warlike employment, more than any other; or, the aptitude a man has received from nature to perform well and easily that which others can do but indifferently and with a great deal of pains.
Wikipedia 
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A genius is a person who is exceptionally intelligent. People may have different ideas of how clever one has to be in order to be called a “genius”. A genius may be extremely clever at maths or science or games such as chess, or they may be creative geniuses who are brilliant writers, musicians or artists.
Albert Einstein is perhaps the world’s most famous genius. He was extraordinarily good at math, but in other areas, such as languages, he was not particularly good. Leonardo da Vinci and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe were geniuses who can also be described as polymaths because they were brilliant in lots of different subjects. Geniuses are usually child progidies, i.e., they already show they are a genius when they are young children.
Genius is not quite the same as talent. Talent means the ability to learn a particular skill very quickly. A genius, on the other hand, is also very creative and able to do things that no one else has thought of.
Some geniuses, such as Goethe, are very sensible, reliable people who are good at organizing their lives. However, there are many geniuses who have unusual personalities. They may be very absent-minded, they may not have much common sense, or they may suffer at times from depression and changes of mood.
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