genius
Someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill; especially somebody who has demonstrated this by a creative or original work in science, music, art, etc.
Other meanings
Extraordinary mental capacity.
Inspiration, a mental leap, an extraordinary creative process.
“a work of genius”
Related words
- bonus genius
- dumb genius
- evil genius
- geniocracy
- Geniocracy
- geniolatry
- geniosity
- genius familiae
- genius hominis
- geniuslike
- genius loci
- genius locorum
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "genius".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “genius” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.