boy wonders
Gifted young talents
Boy wonders is the plural of boy wonder—a young man who achieves remarkable success or displays exceptional talent at an early age.
The term often carries slight irony, suggesting the person may be overhyped or that youthful brilliance doesn't always last: The tech industry's boy wonders keep getting younger.
Whatever happened to all those boy wonders from the nineties?
- whiz-kidRemarkably talented youngster
- prodigyGifted youth with rare talent
- geniusPerson of rare brilliance
- phenomenonExtraordinary observable occurrence
- savantPerson of profound learning
Mozart · precocious · virtuoso · gifted · wunderkind · bright young thing · Ramanujan · child prodigies · child star · talent · protege · Robin · maven · sidekick · rising star · accomplishments · achievements · child performers
- young heroeschosen ones, child prodigies, child protagonists, brave children
boy wonderslate bloomers
Those succeeding after delay
elder statesmen · old hands · veterans · old masters · Grandma Moses
boy wondersnever-weres
Those who failed entirely
has-beens · washouts · mediocrities · also-rans · underachievers
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