Brainiac (Noun)
Meaning
Someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality; "Mozart was a child genius"; "he's smart but he's no Einstein".
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- The brainiac in our class always seemed to grasp complex concepts with ease and was often called upon by the teacher to explain them to the rest of us.
- She was a brainiac who had already published several papers on advanced physics by the time she was 25.
- He's a brainiac when it comes to computer programming and has created several successful apps.
- The brainiac of the group was able to solve the puzzle in under a minute, leaving the rest of us stunned.
- As a brainiac with a passion for mathematics, she went on to win several prestigious awards for her groundbreaking research.