brainiac
[ brey-nee-ak ]
noun
a highly intelligent person.
Origin of brainiac
1Words Nearby brainiac
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How to use brainiac in a sentence
Except for maybe his brainiac wife… but she could do better anyway.
All Your Internet Boyfriends Are Taken: Gosling, Cumberbatch, and now Joseph Gordon-Levitt | Melissa Leon | January 3, 2015 | THE DAILY BEAST“Scientists know now that being a brainiac is not so much about IQ but about executive function,” Golinkoff asserts.
British Dictionary definitions for brainiac
brainiac
/ (ˈbreɪnɪˌæk) /
noun
informal a highly intelligent person
Origin of brainiac
1C20: from a super-intelligent character in an American comic strip
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