as in genius
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someone who knows a lot about many different things
She is rightly regarded as something of a polymath in her extensive knowledge of all the earth sciences.
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Recent Examples of polymath
Spin Staff, SPIN, 30 Mar. 2026
Mixed and mastered by Berlin polymath Rashad Becker, Silent Way maintains an underlying drive while exploring efflorescent top-line melodies and loops.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 23 Mar. 2026
And there are details on her life with her third husband, the polymath George Cooper.
—Whitney Friedlander, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2026
Previously the site has published excerpts and shorts from authors like Stephanie Wambugu, Erin Somers, and the late polymath, Joe Brainard.
—Literary Hub, 5 Mar. 2026
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Noun
Pop polymath Dua Lipa is adding another line to her ever-expanding résume — this time as a literary tastemaker.
—Spin Staff, SPIN, 30 Mar. 2026
Mixed and mastered by Berlin polymath Rashad Becker, Silent Way maintains an underlying drive while exploring efflorescent top-line melodies and loops.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 23 Mar. 2026
And there are details on her life with her third husband, the polymath George Cooper.
—Whitney Friedlander, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2026
Previously the site has published excerpts and shorts from authors like Stephanie Wambugu, Erin Somers, and the late polymath, Joe Brainard.
—Literary Hub, 5 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for polymath
Noun
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Three years ago, this selection might have looked like genius.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
25 Apr. 2026
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The Spurs’ two youngest players made their coach look like a genius.—
Jeff McDonald,
San Antonio Express-News,
25 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Soderbergh’s sly film asks what indeed constitutes great art and whether the answer lies in the eye of the beholder or in the erudite but not always reliable opinions from art criticism, art followers and the sometimes shallow artworld overall?—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
15 Apr. 2026
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The dazzlingly witty and erudite script, by Robert Kaplow, is nominated for Best Original Screenplay; Hawke, who is rightly nominated for Best Actor, delivers one of his richest and most surprising performances.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
11 Mar. 2026
Noun
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In positioning Mollestad as an exploratory team player, its six tracks reveal her chops well beyond that of a showboating virtuoso.—
Joshua Minsoo Kim,
Pitchfork,
24 Apr. 2026
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Now the Catalan viol virtuoso returns to Zellerbach Hall with a program featuring his Hespèrion XXI and nearly three dozen international musicians in a concert weaving a range of musical traditions.—
Randy McMullen,
Mercury News,
16 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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While tech-literate consumers might navigate the pitfalls successfully, more vulnerable groups—such as the elderly or those less comfortable with technology—are left wide open to errors and exploitation.—
Arthur Zaczkiewicz,
Footwear News,
13 Apr. 2026
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The turbulence of the past year brings to mind the sourcing strain of the 2020 pandemic—and the ways companies became more legally literate almost overnight as a matter of survival.—
Kate Nishimura,
Sourcing Journal,
24 Mar. 2026
Noun
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That won't mean much to most gamers or even most PC enthusiasts, but for memory-tuning wizards like 1usmus, more levers to pull in overclocking and timing adjustments may make more capable memory overclocks possible in the future.—
Jon Martindale,
PC Magazine,
24 Apr. 2026
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Get ready for witches, munchkins and even the wizard.—
Stacey Zable,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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From the scholarly and enlightened to the tough and intimidating, people of all walks of life and cultural backgrounds love a good, thick face of hair.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
29 Apr. 2026
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Likewise, scholarly exchanges are picking up.—
Andy Browne,
semafor.com,
28 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Many thinkers have reported that key insights came to them in their dreams.—
Shayla Love,
New Yorker,
1 May 2026
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The same despair and grief and hope as that of our contemporary artists and thinkers whose work may or may not outlive the sixth extinction.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
30 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Oil prices have an impact on voting behavior, according to decades of academic research.—
Jack Harvel,
Kansas City Star,
27 Apr. 2026
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The deeper issue is not academic integrity but the definition of intelligence.—
Gerald Bradshaw,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Apr. 2026
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“Polymath.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/polymath. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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