BRAINIACS Synonyms: 73 Similar and Opposite Words

brainiacs

noun

plural of brainiac

as in geniuses

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 brainiacs Not the brainiacs in charge, apparently. —

Rachel Marsden, Hartford Courant, 17 Apr. 2026 Even at a flagship public university, the true type-A brainiacs might have to work harder to find one another. —

Rose Horowitch, The Atlantic, 4 Apr. 2026 By the time season 3 begins, that empire is thriving, with Dwight having amassed a loyal team of hustlers, killers, and brainiacs. —

Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Nov. 2025 In addition to the Ivy League brainiacs, Chen employs an army of a million-plus gig workers from more than 50 countries around the world who help come up with questions that might stump AI, evaluating the models’ responses and writing criteria that help AI generate a perfect response. —

Danielle Chemtob, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025 Both are wicked smart brainiacs on a tireless quest to do good in the world. —

Natasha Stoynoff, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025

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Noun

This has been, in no small part, because Russia’s writers have often played an antagonistic role in the efforts of Russia’s rulers to shape a particular image of the country, including Alexander Pushkin and Leo Tolstoy—arguably Russia’s two most iconic literary geniuses.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 May 2026
But there was also a team beyond that consisting of creative geniuses like chess grandmasters, codebreakers and human psychologists.

— Alexander Foster, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026