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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For the first time, people who have long adored his work finally understood his genius beyond just the writing and creating of great pictures.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
People.com,
19 Apr. 2025
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The genius of the banquet sequence is that, even if the festivities do mark a collective release of tension, as Lee the bit player notes, Lee the director insures that the pressure never stops building.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
19 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Hashing things out with his tech wizard brother-in-law Maury (a shaggy Guy Pearce), Karsh wonders if ecological protesters or religious groups or competitors are upset with his global expansion plans, which include a lava field in Iceland.—
Robert Abele,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Apr. 2025
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In a fantastic fairy kingdom, a young outcast named Lala challenges an oppressive wizard to restore harmony between fairies and humans.—
Jamie Lang,
Variety,
15 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Take it from a film critic: Even gawky beta nerds get smothered by their own internalized masculinity.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
10 Apr. 2025
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Wednesday night gives us a grudge match worth watching, and a sliding-doors moment to bask in and nerd out.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
9 Apr. 2025
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Examination of the brain showed microscopic findings of advanced stage Alzheimer's disease.—
Christina Dugan Ramirez , Tracy Wright,
FOXNews.com,
27 Apr. 2025
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But what is happening in the brain when a person is deep into their phone?—
Discover Magazine,
Discover Magazine,
26 Apr. 2025
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“Brainiac.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brainiac. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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