quick learner
Picks up fast
Someone who grasps new concepts, skills, or information rapidly.
The phrase appears constantly in résumés and job interviews, where it serves as a claim about adaptability: I'm a quick learner, so I'll pick up the software in no time.
Because everyone claims to be one, the term has lost some force—employers prefer evidence over assertion.
- fastSpeedy, or skip eating
- absorbTake in fully
- spongeAbsorbent cleaning material
- sharpFine-edged, or astute
- brightEmitting or reflecting light
sharp mind · bright spark · clever · adaptable · pickup · grasp · nimble · agile · hit the ground running · curious · eager · eager beaver · natural · natural talent · gifted · intuitive · prodigy · whiz
- Learning Traitsaptitude, comprehension, retention, attention span, memory retention
- learningclasses, instruction, studying, lesson, education
- expertsexperts, expert, specialist, masters, specialists
- geniusesgenius, brainiac, prodigy, Einstein, intellect
- gifted childprodigy, genius, gifted, precocious, exceptional
- Prodigieschild prodigy, prodigy, wunderkind, whiz kid, boy wonder
quick learnerslow learner
One grasping concepts gradually
slow on the uptake · dullard · dunce · slow-witted · plodder
quick learnerset in one's ways
Fixed in habits
unadaptable · fixed mindset · unteachable · inflexible · refuses to learn
quick, quicker, quickest, quickly, quickness, quicken, quickened, quickening, learner