noun
1 very great and unusual ability
ADJECTIVE
▪ great , pure , real , sheer , true
▪ natural
▪ wayward ( esp. BrE )
… OF GENIUS
▪ flash , spark , stroke , touch
▪
In a flash of pure ~, she realized the answer to the problem.
▪
It was a stroke of ~ on my part to avoid such awkward questions.
VERB + GENIUS
▪ have
▪
She has a ~ for sorting things out.
▪ show
▪
a work which shows real ~
GENIUS + VERB
▪ lie in sth
▪
His ~ lies in his ability to convey pure terror in his work.
PREPOSITION
▪ of ~
▪
a writer of ~
▪ ~ for
▪
his ~ for pinpointing the absurd
2 person with great and unusual ability
ADJECTIVE
▪ great
▪ natural
▪ eccentric , mad
▪ creative
▪ boy
▪ evil
▪ artistic , comedic ( esp. AmE ), comedy , comic , computer , literary , math ( AmE ), mathematical , maths ( BrE ), military , musical , scientific , etc.