math whiz
Calculating mind type
A math whiz is someone with exceptional mathematical ability—quick with calculations, adept at solving problems, naturally gifted with numbers.
The term is informal and often applied to students who excel effortlessly: She's a real math whiz; she finished the test in half the time.
Whiz suggests speed and ease rather than labored mastery.
- geniusPerson of rare brilliance
- prodigyGifted youth with rare talent
- calculatorElectronic computation device
- number cruncherFinancial data analyst
- numbersCounting and calculation symbols
equations · brilliant · nerd · gifted · algebra · formulas · blackboard · problem-solver · brainiac · tutor · theorems · quick · sharp · mental · competition · calculus · word problems · times tables
- math geniusesCarl Gauss, Archimedes, Euclid, Pythagoras, Blaise Pascal
- child prodigiesMozart, Einstein, Picasso, Pablo Picasso, Bobby Fischer
- Nerdsnerd, geek, dork, dweeb, brainiac
- talented peopleprodigy, genius, virtuoso, maestro, savant
- young talentschild actor, prodigy, wunderkind, young artist, virtuoso
- math expressionsadd up, crunch numbers, number crunching, number cruncher, factor in
academic/intellectual persona
math whizdunce
Slow-witted person
dullard · slow learner · underachiever · remedial student · dimwit
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