Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun einstein
2 senses of einstein
Sense 1
Einstein, Albert Einstein -- (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))
INSTANCE OF=> physicist -- (a scientist trained in physics)
Sense 2
genius, mastermind, brain, brainiac, Einstein -- (someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality; "Mozart was a child genius"; "he's smart but he's no Einstein")
=> intellectual, intellect -- (a person who uses the mind creatively)