Thesaurus:intelligent person

Thesaurus

intelligent person

English

Noun

Sense: a person who is clever or intelligent to any degree

Synonyms

• boffin
• brain    [⇒ thesaurus]
• brainiac
• bright spark
• egghead
• geek
• nerd
• Poindexter (almost always derogatory)
• poindexter (almost always derogatory)
• propeller head
• shrewd article
• smart cookie (almost always laudatory)
• supernerd
• whiz

Antonyms

• dullard
• fool    [⇒ thesaurus]
• idiot    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hyponyms

• brain surgeon (hyperbolic, informal)
• Einstein
• einstein
• genius    [⇒ thesaurus]
• know-it-all    [⇒ thesaurus]
• nerdboy
• rocket scientist (hyperbolic, informal)
• smart alec
• smart aleck
• smartypants

Hypernyms

• person    [⇒ thesaurus]

See also

• Thesaurus:skilled person