noun
- a person of outstanding intellectual ability; a genius
Usage: informal; often capitalized when referring to Albert Einstein; used generically to mean any brilliant person
Examples
- She's a real einstein when it comes to mathematics.
- The team hired an einstein to solve the complex engineering problem.
- He may not be an einstein, but he works hard and gets results.
- That kid is an einstein—she figured out the puzzle in seconds.
- You don't have to be an einstein to understand the basic concept.