as in genius
a very smart person
a techie who always has to have the latest gadget that the brainiacs in Silicon Valley have cooked up
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Recent Examples of brainiac
Other designers, like the British Cypriot Hussein Chalayan, brought a compelling sense of brainiac wonder to the fashion world.
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Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 17 Sep. 2024
The company hired a team of brainiacs and gave them latitude to pursue research questions in service of the perfect brew.
—Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 25 May 2024
The bright-eyed Redmayne really fits the part of a brainiac – especially in a story about one of our greatest minds.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2024
All this attaches the show’s brainiac spectacle to big humanistic ideas.
—James Poniewozik, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2024
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Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 17 Sep. 2024
The company hired a team of brainiacs and gave them latitude to pursue research questions in service of the perfect brew.
—Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 25 May 2024
The bright-eyed Redmayne really fits the part of a brainiac – especially in a story about one of our greatest minds.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2024
All this attaches the show’s brainiac spectacle to big humanistic ideas.
—James Poniewozik, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brainiac
Noun
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Give people multiple ways to experience your genius.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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There are so many shows and movies that have loaded casts, are written and directed by geniuses, marketed by billion-dollar companies and something doesn’t work and people don’t watch.—
Seija Rankin,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Can your brain be trained to become a chart-predicting wizard?—
Dividend Channel,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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See It, Feel It, Buy It Six years after The Who released Tommy, the British rockers followed it with a 1975 film starring Roger Daltrey as the titular pinball wizard.—
Joe Lynch,
Billboard,
26 Mar. 2025
Noun
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At a time when nerds were getting their revenge, most of them wanted to be Chris Knight.—
Brian Tallerico,
Vulture,
3 Apr. 2025
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North Carolina failed to dazzle the recruiting/portal nerds.—
Bill Speros,
Boston Herald,
2 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The woman has no brain activity and is intubated at the hospital.—
Charna Flam,
People.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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California doctors discovered a brain tumor under Delacruz's frontal lobe in 2010.—
Ralphie Aversa,
USA Today,
3 Apr. 2025
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“Brainiac.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brainiac. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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