prodigy
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- noun
- /ˈprɒdɪdʒi/
- Logan is a science prodigy who began taking college courses at a young age.
- a child prodigy
- a musical prodigy
- a young prodigy
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Watch on YouTubeLet's start with math and young prodigy and genius Carl Friedrich Gauss.
- Let's start with math and young prodigy and genius Carl Friedrich Gauss.
- So why do, why do child prodigies fizzle out?
- Could be a childhood prodigy, Picasso, you never know.
- Well, your guess is as good as mine, but again, most prodigies don't become geniuses.
- Mom, what is it like having a child prodigy that's taking over the agricultural world?
- Aaron Swartz was a sort of child prodigy.
- Would you please welcome my son, my prodigy?
- But we're also going to touch in more depth on his remarkable, remarkable life and career, from chess prodigy to freedom fighter.
- A promising child, a prodigy grown old and sad.
- So what's the difference between prodigy and genius?
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As a so-called child prodigy, he was a curiosity.
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I know kids, young little kids who are like prodigies in what they do.
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What a prodigy you are.
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She was a prodigy from four or five years old.
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Could be a childhood prodigy, Picasso, you never know.
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Mom, what is it like having a child prodigy that's taking over the agricultural world?
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In school, too, Allen was a prodigy, learning high school geometry in eighth grade.
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Dennis was a prodigy.
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We've actually got some footage of her as an early skateboarding prodigy.
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Born born in Memphis, raised in Detroit, she was a child prodigy with a voice that shook the rafters of her church.
Synonyms
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A person who has a natural ability in one area
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Very great natural talent for one area of work or study
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A young person who is very talented at something
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A young person who is unusually talented for their age
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A young person with great skill and success in one area
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Showing very great skill, often in music or art
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A young girl who is very talented or successful at an early age
Antonyms
How Talented
Surface Forms
Etymology
Prodigy comes from the old Latin word prodigium, which meant a 'wonder' or 'strange sign' that surprised people. So a young prodigy is someone who seems like a human 'wonder' because of their very great skill, and that is why we use the word for an amazingly talented child.