precociousness
Advanced for age
Precociousness is the quality of developing abilities or behaviors earlier than expected, especially in children.
A child who reads at three or debates philosophy at seven shows precociousness.
The term usually carries admiration but can imply that early development is slightly unnatural or unsettling: Her precociousness made the other parents uncomfortable.
Gifted youth with rare talent
- wunderkindRemarkably talented youngster
- whiz-kidRemarkably talented youngster
- geniusPerson of rare brilliance
- savantPerson of profound learning
gifted · talented · brilliant · exceptional · virtuoso · phenom · aptitude · quick-witted
Concerning thought and reason
- eruditeProfoundly knowledgeable
- scholarlyMarked by serious learning
- polymathMulti-domain expert
- cognitiveRelating to thinking
knowledgeable · bright · clever · smart · sharp · perceptive · analytical · curious
Resembling a grown person
- sophisticationCultured elegance and complexity
- worldlinessSecular, experienced outlook
- gravitasDignified, weighty manner
- composureEmotional self-control
seriousness · self-possession · poise · discernment · perceptiveness · insight · astuteness · sensibility
prodigy
Gifted youth with rare talent
- wunderkindRemarkably talented youngster
- whiz-kidRemarkably talented youngster
- geniusPerson of rare brilliance
savant · gifted · talented · brilliant · exceptional · virtuoso · phenom · aptitude · quick-witted · remarkability
intellectual
Concerning thought and reason
cognitive · knowledgeable · bright · clever · smart · sharp · perceptive · analytical · curious · reasoning
adultlike
Resembling a grown person
- sophisticationCultured elegance and complexity
- worldlinessSecular, experienced outlook
- gravitasDignified, weighty manner
composure · seriousness · self-possession · poise · discernment · perceptiveness · insight · astuteness · sensibility · level-headedness
precociousnessdevelopmental delay
Slower-than-typical milestone achievement
backwardness · retardation · delayed development · arrested development · immaturity
precociousnessslow-wittedness
Inability to think quickly
dullness · simpleness · obtuseness · denseness · dimness
precociousnessimmaturity
Undeveloped condition
childishness · infantilism · juvenility · puerility · naivety