prodigy
Other forms: prodigies
A prodigy is someone who is so naturally talented at something that they become a master of that particular skill as a child — you can be a musical prodigy or a math prodigy. Mozart was one, writing symphonies and playing for kings when he was only five years old.
Prodigy is one of those wonderful words whose different meanings tell a story about how the meanings of words bloom over time. The word derives from the Latin prodigium, meaning "an omen or a sign of something to come." Prodigies are kids who often seem so talented that their success must presage even greater mastery, though, of course, the irony is that most prodigies peak in their youth.
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an unusually gifted or intelligent (young) person; someone whose talents excite wonder and admiration“she is a chess prodigy”types:boy wonderan extremely talented young male personchild prodigy, infant prodigy, wonder child, wunderkinda prodigy whose talents are recognized at an early agegirl wonderan extremely talented young female persontype of:Einstein, brain, brainiac, genius, mastermindsomeone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality
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an impressive or wonderful example of a particular quality
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a sign of something about to happensynonyms: omen, portent, presage, prognostic, prognosticationtypes:auspicea favorable omenforebodingan unfavorable omendeath knellan omen of death or destructiontype of:augury, foretoken, preindication, signan event that is experienced as indicating important things to come
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Vocabulary lists containing prodigy
The musical Hamilton is a phenomenon. Combining the techniques and beats of rap with the biography of the Founding Father on the ten-dollar bill, Hamilton has taken Broadway by storm and is a Pulitzer Prize winner for Drama.
During the Great Depression, a ten-year-old boy hits the road in search of the father he has never known.
Freak the Mighty tells the story of an unlikely friendship between an awkward, lumbering outcast and a physically challenged genius. Together, the two boys become a force for good.