Meaning

1 senses
  1. (sarcastic, sometimes)An extremely clever or intelligent person.

    Can you believe he's just a kindergartener? It looks like they've got an Einstein in the family.

    Good job, Einstein, thinking you could grab the wires with your pliers.

More definitions
  • physicist born in Germany who formulated the special theory of relativity and the general theory of relativity; Einstein also proposed that light consists of discrete quantized bundles of energy (later called photons) (1879-1955)
  • someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality

Examples

73 sentences
  1. Einstein was a mathematical genius.

    ruЭйнштейн был математическим гением. — Balamax

    deEinstein war ein mathematisches Genie. — xtofu80

  2. I've heard that Einstein didn't start speaking until he was four.

    deIch habe gehört, daß Einstein erst mit vier Jahren angefangen habe zu sprechen. — Waldelfe

  3. I've heard Einstein didn't start speaking until he was four years old.

    deIch habe gehört, daß Einstein erst mit vier Jahren angefangen habe zu sprechen. — Waldelfe

  4. Einstein discovered that space and time are just two different aspects of spacetime.

    Ейнштейн виявив, що простір та час — лише два різних прояви простору-часу. — deniko

  5. Someone told me that Albert Einstein said, "Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen."

    deIch habe von jemandem gehört, dass Albert Einstein gesagt habe: „Der gesunde Menschenverstand ist der Zusammenschluss der bis zum achtzehnten Lebensjahr erworbenen Vorurteile.“ — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Origin

Borrowed from German Einstein.

Borrowed from German Einstein.

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Forms

plural: Einsteins
SingularEinstein
PluralEinsteins

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Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • physicist born in Germany who formulated the special theory of relativity and the general theory of relativity; Einstein also proposed that light consists of discrete quantized bundles of energy (later called photons) (1879-1955):Albert Einstein
  • someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality:geniusmastermindbrainwonder

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