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| Main Entry: | genius |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gift of high intellect |
| Synonyms: | ability, accomplishment, acumen, acuteness, adept, aptitude, astuteness, bent, brain, capability, capacity, creativity, discernment, endowment, expert, faculty, flair, grasp, head, imagination, inclination, ingenuity, inspiration, intelligence, knack, mature, originality, perspicacity, power, prodigy, propensity, prowess, reach, sagacity, talent, turn, understanding, virtuoso, wisdom, Einstein, aptness, brilliance, inventiveness, percipience, precocity, superability |
| Antonyms: | idiot, imbecile |
| Main Entry: | ace |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | expert in some activity |
| Synonyms: | champion, genius, master, pro, star, virtuoso, winner, wizard |
| Antonyms: | clod, ignoramus |
| Main Entry: | artistry |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | great skill in creative endeavors |
| Synonyms: | ability, accomplishment, creativity, finesse, flair, genius, mastery, proficiency, style, talent, taste, touch, workmanship, artfulness, brilliance, craftship, virtuosity |
| Antonyms: | inability, incapacity, ineptitude |
| Main Entry: | bent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inclination; talent |
| Synonyms: | ability, aim, aptitude, bag*, disposition, facility, faculty, flair, forte, genius, gift, knack, leaning, mind-set*, nose, penchant, predilection, predisposition, preference, proclivity, propensity, set, tack, tendency, tilt, turn, druthers, head-set, inclining, thing for, weakness for |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | creativity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | artistry |
| Synonyms: | cleverness, genius, imagination, ingenuity, inspiration, originality, talent, vision, imaginativeness, inventiveness, resourcefulness |
| Main Entry: | divinity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | absolute being; divine nature |
| Synonyms: | celestial, deity, genius, god, godliness, holiness, lord, prime mover, sanctity, spirit, goddess, godhead, godhood, godship, guardian spirit, higher power |
| Antonyms: | devil, evil |
| Main Entry: | egghead |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | intellectual |
| Synonyms: | bookworm*, brain*, geek*, genius, highbrow, know-it-all*, rocket scientist*, scholar, thinker, bluestocking, longhair |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | flair |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | talent, style |
| Synonyms: | ability, accomplishment, aptitude, bent, chic, dash, elegance, faculty, feel, genius, gift, glamour, head, knack, mastery, panache, pizzazz*, presence, shine*, splash*, taste, turn, zip*, aptness |
| Notes: | flair is a natural talent or distinctive and stylish elegance while a flare (noun) is a burst of light used to communicate or illuminate - flare (verb) means to burn brightly or to erupt or intensify suddenly |
| Antonyms: | inability, incapacity, ineptitude, ineptness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | highbrow |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | intellectual, very smart person |
| Synonyms: | academic, brain*, egghead*, genius, philosopher, sage, savant, scholar, thinker, whiz*, Einstein, academician, bluestocking, illuminato, intelligentsia, literato, longhair |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ingenuity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cleverness |
| Synonyms: | ability, adroitness, astuteness, brightness, creativity, cunning, dexterity, flair, genius, gumption, intelligence, shrewdness, skill, talent, wisdom, wit, brains, brilliance, inventiveness, resourcefulness, smartness |
| Main Entry: | inspiration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | idea, stimulus |
| Synonyms: | animus, approach, awakening, brainstorm*, creativity, elevation, encouragement, enthusiasm, exaltation, fancy, flash*, genius, hunch*, illumination, impulse, incentive, influence, insight, motivation, motive, muse, notion, revelation, rumble, spark, spur, stimulation, thought, vision, whim, afflatus, arousal, brainchild, deep think, inflatus |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | intellect |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | capability of the mind; someone with capable mind |
| Synonyms: | ability, acumen, comprehension, egghead*, genius, intellectual, intelligence, intuition, judgment, mentality, mind, psyche, pundit, reason, savvy, sense, smarts, thinker, understanding, brains, cerebration, intellectuality, what it takes, wits |
| Antonyms: | ignorance |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | intellectual |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | very smart person |
| Synonyms: | academic, avant-garde, brain*, doctor, egghead*, genius, highbrow*, philosopher, pundit, sage, scholar, thinker, whiz*, wizard, Einstein, academician, braintruster, intelligentsia |
| Antonyms: | ignoramus |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | knack |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ability, talent |
| Synonyms: | adroitness, aptitude, bent, capacity, command, dexterity, expertise, facility, faculty, flair, forte, genius, gift, head*, ingenuity, know-how, nose*, propensity, quickness, readiness, savvy*, set, skill, trick, turn, aptness, expertism, expertness, handiness, hang of it, mastership, skillfulness |
| Antonyms: | inability, ineptitude, lack, want |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | magician |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who performs supernatural |
| Synonyms: | conjurer, enchanter, enchantress, fortune-teller, genie, genius, marvel, medium, prophet, seer, shaman, siren, soothsayer, sorcerer, trickster, virtuoso, voodoo, warlock, witch, witch doctor, wizard, charmer, diabolist, diviner, exorciser, exorcist, feats or tricks archimage, illusionist, medicine person, miracle worker, necromancer, satanist, spellbinder, thaumaturge, theurgist |
| Main Entry: | marvel |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | wonder |
| Synonyms: | curiosity, genius, miracle, phenomenon, portent, prodigy, sensation, whiz, one for the books, something else, stunner |
| Antonyms: | expectation |
| Main Entry: | mastery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | command, expertise |
| Synonyms: | ability, adroitness, attainment, capacity, cleverness, comprehension, cunning, dexterity, familiarity, finesse, genius, grasp, grip, ken, knack, know-how, knowledge, power, proficiency, prowess, skill, understanding, acquirement, adeptness, deftness, expertism, expertness, mastership, virtuosity, wizardry |
| Antonyms: | failure, inefficiency, lack, amateurishness |
| Main Entry: | prodigy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person or thing that is extraordinary |
| Synonyms: | brain*, curiosity, enormity, freak*, genius, intellect, marvel, mastermind, miracle, monster, natural, phenomenon, portent, rare bird*, rarity, sensation, spectacle, talent, whiz*, whiz kid*, wizard, wonder, child genius, one in a million, stunner, wonder child, wunderkind |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | talent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ability |
| Synonyms: | aptitude, art, bent*, capability, capacity, craft, endowment, expertise, facility, faculty, flair, forte, genius, gift, green thumb, head*, knack*, know-how*, nose*, power, savvy*, set, skill, smarts*, thing*, turn*, a way with, aptness, inventiveness, the formula, the goods, the right stuff, what it takes |
| Antonyms: | inability, incapacity, lack, weakness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | virtuoso |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is an expert |
| Synonyms: | ace, adept, artist, authority, big league*, brain*, celebrity, champion, crackerjack*, egghead, genius, intelligent, magician, musician, natural*, old hand*, performer, pro*, prodigy, professional, pundit, sharp*, star, whiz*, wizard, artiste, champ, dillettante, hot stuff, hotshot, no slouch, old pro, superstar |
| Antonyms: | amateur, greenhorn, rookie |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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