Synonyms of genies

genies 1 of 2

noun (1)

variants also genii

plural of genie

as in demons

in stories a magic spirit that looks like a person, often lives in a lamp or bottle, and serves the person who calls it

He rubbed the magic lamp to summon the genie.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• demons
• vampires
• djinn
• ghouls
• ghosts
• fairies
• devils
• djinns
• daemons
• jinns
• elves
• jinn
• goblins
• dwarves
• banshees
• imps
• genii
• gnomes
• shadows
• monsters
• fiends
• dwarfs
• pixies
• nightmares
• apparitions
• hags
• succubi
• incubi
• lamias
• spectres
• ghoulies
• afrits
• faeries
• phantoms
• trolls
• wraiths
• visions
• cacodemons
• specters
• afreets
• poltergeists
• bogies
• familiars
• shades
• leprechauns
• spooks
• shaitans
• phantasms
• sprites
• gremlins
• incubuses
• lamiae
• familiar spirits
• bugbears
• brownies
• pucks
• hobgoblins
• kobolds
• fantasms
• ogres
• geniuses
• fays
• bogeys

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• angels

geniuses

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noun (2)

variants or genii

plural of genius

1

as in brains

a very smart person

the 16-year-old college graduate was considered to be a genius

Synonyms & Similar Words

• brains
• intellects
• virtuosi
• virtuosos
• brainiacs
• thinkers
• wizards
• intellectuals
• masters
• whizzes
• savants
• sages
• wizzes
• blues
• polymaths
• naturals
• nerds
• highbrows
• bluestockings
• Renaissance men
• geeks
• longhairs
• polyhistors
• crackajacks
• aces
• crackerjacks

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• idiots
• morons
• imbeciles
• dolts
• numbskulls
• dunces
• dopes
• knuckleheads
• blockheads
• dummies
• goons
• pinheads
• illiterates
• numskulls
• nitwits
• dodos
• ignoramuses
• fatheads
• hammerheads
• dumbbells
• ignorami
• lowbrows
• half-wits
• fools
• philistines
• dodoes
• asses
• know-nothings
• jackasses
• donkeys
• clowns
• beasts
• jerks
• heels
• snakes
• boors
• cretins
• stinkers
• skunks
• louts
• skunk
• creeps
• cads
• anti-intellectuals
• curs
• churls
• louses

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as in talents

a special and usually inborn ability

had a genius for remembering long strings of numbers

had a genius for saying the wrong thing, no matter what the social situation

Synonyms & Similar Words

• talents
• gifts
• knacks
• aptitudes
• faculties
• endowments
• tendencies
• minds
• bents
• flairs
• heads
• skills
• ears
• impulses
• proclivities
• predilections
• biases
• affinities
• instincts
• inclinations
• noses
• propensities
• predispositions
• facilities
• powers
• dispositions
• eyes
• leanings
• feels
• capabilities
• ways
• potentials
• penchants
• competences
• specialties
• capacities
• partialities
• habitudes
• turns
• hangs
• proficiencies
• specialities
• touches
• fortes
• specialisms

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• disabilities
• handicaps
• weaknesses
• shortcomings
• incapacities
• inabilities

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as in tendencies

a habitual attraction to some activity or thing

a genius for gambling over his head

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tendencies
• talents
• devices
• gifts
• aptitudes
• proclivities
• impulses
• predilections
• biases
• affinities
• knacks
• predispositions
• propensities
• inclinations
• preferences
• bents
• bones
• leanings
• favors
• tastes
• dispositions
• prejudices
• affections
• likes
• penchants
• tricks
• partialities
• ways
• habitudes
• habits
• practices
• turns
• endowments
• faculties
• likings
• flairs
• specialties
• addictions
• customs
• specialities
• fancies
• appetites
• eccentricities
• partisanships
• routines
• idiosyncrasies
• patterns
• singularities
• quirks
• peculiarities
• practises
• conventions
• oddities
• fortes
• kinks
• wonts

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• allergies
• dislikes
• disinclinations
• distastes
• disrelishes
• aversions
• detachments
• disfavors
• indifferences
• impartialities
• neutralities
• objectivities
• insouciances
• nonchalances
• apathies

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as in personalities

the set of qualities that makes a person, a group of people, or a thing different from others

putting the needs of the individual before those of society is alien to the genius of the Japanese people

Synonyms & Similar Words

• personalities
• characters
• natures
• constitutions
• characteristics
• selves
• traits
• colors
• souls
• tones
• essences
• spirits
• clays
• attributes
• properties
• features
• complexions
• singularities
• temperaments
• sorts
• habits
• ways
• individualities
• compositions
• dispositions
• hallmarks
• flavors
• stuff
• stamps
• earmarks
• substances
• metals
• points
• grains
• essentialities
• interiors
• tempers
• marks
• interiorities
• makeups
• savors
• savours

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as in manifestations

a visible representation of something abstract (as a quality)

the giant tortoise would seem to be the very genius of the unfathomable ancientness that one associates with the Galápagos Islands

Synonyms & Similar Words

• manifestations
• incarnations
• essences
• personifications
• avatars
• images
• incorporations
• objectifications
• externalizations
• ikons
• realizations
• epitomes
• icons
• instantiations
• abstracts
• embodiments
• embodiers
• personifiers
• exemplifications
• actualizations
• paradigms
• models
• souls
• exemplars
• concretizations
• archetypes
• substantiations
• reincarnations
• personalizations
• patterns
• quintessences

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of genies

Noun

Modern weapons require huge teams, not just individual geniuses. —Gautam Mukunda, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024