wunderkind
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8.9
- noun
- /ˈwʌndərˌkɪnd/
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prodigio
- The wunderkind stays up all night reading zoological tomes.
- year-old wunderkind
- former wunderkind
- wunderkind, a prodigy
He was kind of a wunderkind guitarist that hooked up with Flea and then Flea brought him in and.
- He was kind of a wunderkind guitarist that hooked up with Flea and then Flea brought him in and.
Examples
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In addition to being sophomore class president, he was a peer counselor, high scorer of the varsity basketball team the past winter, and now he was the wunderkind of the baseball team.
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Dani Arps is something of a wunderkind in the design realm.
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Richard Williams was seen as something of a wunderkind.
Blog text (10) -
The West Ham wunderkind is pushing down the wing.
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Madam, your wunderkind has much catching up to do.
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Our wunderkind does have the gift of theatrical timing.
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In addition to being a very fine automotive mechanic he is also in physics something of a wunderkind.
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And then there is Jurickson Profar, the wunderkind whose presence is causing all this discussion in the first place.
Blog text (1) -
Our wunderkind does have the gift of theatrical timing.
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Jeff Zucker used to be known as the wunderkind of NBC's Today.
Synonyms
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4.3
Very great natural talent for one area of work or study
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7.3
A person who is very skilled at something like math or computers
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6.7
A young person who is very talented in one area and impresses people
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8.6
A person who is very skilled at a task or subject
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8.2
A young person who is very talented at something
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7.3
A young person who is very good at business or technology
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5.6
A young person who is unusually talented for their age
A young girl who is very talented or successful at an early age
A person who is very skilled at a particular activity
Antonyms
How Talented
Surface Forms
Etymology
Wunderkind comes from German: wunder 'wonder' and kind 'child'. It literally means a 'wonder child', so it describes a young person who amazes others with great talent.