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 The contestants — all performed well by current college students and recent college graduates — are a cross-section of typical middle-school brainiacs. — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 June 2026 Citadel’s entire business is built around hiring brainiacs. — Brandon Kochkodin, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026 South Bay brainiacs — watch out. — Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 28 May 2026 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 Both are wicked smart brainiacs on a tireless quest to do good in the world. — Natasha Stoynoff, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for brainiacs
  1. geniuses
  2. wizards
  3. brains
  4. intellects
  5. nerds
Noun
  • In their place are flawed geniuses and idiosyncratic personalities thrust together in the dregs of intelligence services, operating like a dysfunctional family under its disreputable patriarch.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Broadly speaking, these kinds of stories — powered by a stop-them-before-they-kill-again clock, making their antagonists out to be finicky geniuses or horror movie monsters instead of opportunistic mediocrities — strike me as a low form of fiction.
    — Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 27 July 2026
Definition of geniuses
Noun
  • This means the team members don’t need to be tech wizards to build custom reference material.
    — K.H. Koehler, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Players can also customize a walking castle and investigate a mystery involving missing wizards.
    — Matt Gardner, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of wizards
Noun
  • If Pangram’s tools are accurate, 260 out of 310 people who published guest articles in the NYT, WSJ, and Washington Post did it entirely with their own brains (or perhaps the brains of an underling).
    — Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 27 Aug. 2026
  • The study described the importance of reducing stigma about cognitive decline, helping people care for their brains to decrease dementia risk and acknowledging the impacts dementia has on families and households.
    — Hillary Lum, The Conversation, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of brains
Noun
  • Women are compelled to suppress their desires, intellects, and emotions in Gilead.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 29 Apr. 2026
  • While the likes of Philo and Trotter have expanded upon the idea by prioritizing people whose intellects align with their brand values, Jacquemus takes it to another level.
    — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 23 Jan. 2026
Definition of intellects
Noun
  • Few things are more entertaining to Boise music nerds than seeing which performers made Idahoans stampede the ICCU Grandstand at Expo Idaho.
    — Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 31 Aug. 2026
  • That gives Porsche’s 911 nerds more time to come up with a creative solution to their current hybrid predicament.
    — Byron Hurd, The Drive, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of nerds

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“Brainiacs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brainiacs. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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