Genius and Wit

Genius

Genius noun - A very smart person.

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Wit and genius are semantically related. in brilliance topic. In some cases you can use "Wit" instead a noun "Genius".

Nearby Words: genial, geniality, genie

Wit noun - A person (as a writer) noted for or specializing in humor.

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Genius and wit are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Genius" instead a noun "Wit".

Nearby Words: witty, witling

good	good genius	good wit
pure	pure genius	pure wit
certain	certain genius	certain wit
genuine	genuine genius	genuine wit
Other adjectives: sheer, actual, great, crippled, incredible, financial, literary.

Though the art work of these comics were still top notch and the stories OK on their own terms, Uderzo lacked the wit of his genius script writer.

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Cisco Ramon is also very snarky, although his humour is a bit sillier than Dr Wells' dry wit, and his main role is as the team's Gadgeteer Genius rather than anything combat oriented.

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Contrasting with the Genius Ditz, who, while usually foolish, has one area in which they are absolutely brilliant, we have the Ditzy Genius who, while very intelligent and talented in several or many areas, has absolutely nothing in the way of common sense, logic, wit or tact.

Source: Ditzy Genius

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