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BRAINIAC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does brainiac mean?
• BRAINIAC (noun)
The noun BRAINIAC has 1 sense:
1. someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality
Familiarity information: BRAINIAC used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
brain; brainiac; Einstein; genius; mastermind
Context example:
he's smart but he's no Einstein
Hypernyms ("brainiac" is a kind of...):
intellect; intellectual (a person who uses the mind creatively)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "brainiac"):
prodigy (an unusually gifted or intelligent (young) person; someone whose talents excite wonder and admiration)
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