genius

Definition

  • noun: a very smart or talented person
  • noun: an attendant spirit of a person or place
  • usually + 'for'
  • synonyms: a per se, baba yaga, calliope

Examples

  • He had a 'genius for' getting into trouble. [=he often got into trouble]

  • You don't have to be a 'genius' to see that this plan will never work.

  • Albert Einstein and Isaac Newton were great scientific 'geniuses'.

Movie quotes

  • (..) We found this in the conference room. What is it? It's miles finch's notebook. This thing is chock full of genius ideas. I mean, look at that. And his best idea is about a peach that lives on a farm. What's more vulnerable than a peach? What, uh, what do we do? I think we should go with the first pitch... it's genius. Uh, how much time we got? We got, like, minutes. Well, come on, let's, uh, Try to get a storyboard or something ready. (..)
    2003 Elf