GENIE Synonyms: 62 Similar and Opposite Words

genie

noun

Definition of genie

as in demon

in stories a magic spirit that looks like a person, often lives in a lamp or bottle, and serves the person who calls it He rubbed the magic lamp to summon the genie.

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Recent Examples of genie Alibaba is hoping to summon the AI genie from its bottle with a mega share sale. — Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 24 Aug. 2026 The filmmaker Lucas Ansel picked up on this fact, and ran with it, creating a stop-motion-animation adaptation of the classic Shouts, which describes a bit of a monkey’s-paw situation, involving a hard-of-hearing genie in a bathroom, naturally. — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 20 Aug. 2026 For the first time since the Second World War, wealthy Americans watched their tax rates plunge, unleashing a genie that, in time, would shake loose any remaining restrictions on American oligarchs’ wealth. — Literary Hub, 14 Aug. 2026 Patrick Fussell, global head of adversary simulation at IBM, compared AI to a genie. — Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 9 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for genie

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Noun

No ghosts, ghouls, or demons here, just the evil things that greed makes people do, at least until the little guy starts fighting back.

— Eve Batey, Vanity Fair, 16 Oct. 2026
Written and directed by Jeremy Slater, the film follows Jefferson Haddock (Bacon), who is called into an isolated witness protection property to deal with a terrifying demon, unleashing a force that threatens to end him and everything around him.

— Matt Grobar, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of demon

Noun

After last Thursday’s pilot, their family is about to get a little bigger now that Emma’s boyfriend Max (Jaren Lewison) is also a vampire.

— Katie Campione, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2026
This represents the first time astronomers have seen a low-mass star acting as a stellar vampire, stealing material from a low-mass stellar companion.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of vampire

Noun

In this case, that’s Haddad’s uncle Charlie (played by a bubbling Jonathan Raviv), who is technically his father’s first cousin, but is also — crucially and non-derogatorily — very much a fairy.

— Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2026
But it should be based on tax projections, not procrastination or faith in the retirement account fairy.

— Ronald Stair, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of fairy

Noun

From glittering ghosts, ghastly goblins and wicked witches to wily warlocks, fashion can inspire any Halloween transformation.

— Tonya Blazio-Licorish, Footwear News, 18 Oct. 2026
There were earlier versions of this story that were openly mocking of Kip, versions that threw Leo under the bus for being too sly; versions that were too overtly political; versions with ghosts that didn’t need to be there, and so on.

— Deborah Treisman, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of ghost

Noun

That was a concept that came from one of our artists in the region who said, OK, well, if there’s been centuries of battles between an evil jinn faction and humanity, perhaps some pieces of them would still remain in the world?

— Jennifer Maas, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026
But as the djinn becomes embodied, the delicate balance between the real and the supernatural starts to falter.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 18 June 2026

Definition of jinni

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