whiz-kids
Talented young minds
Whiz-kids are young people who achieve remarkable success or demonstrate exceptional talent, especially in technical or intellectual fields: Silicon Valley whiz-kids launching startups from their dorms.
The term combines whiz (someone impressively skilled) with kids, emphasizing youth as part of the achievement.
Often carries a note of admiration tinged with slight dismissiveness about their age or inexperience.
Unusually talented youth
- giftedGiven as present
- geniusesExceptionally gifted intellects
- valedictoriansHighest academic achievers graduating
- scholarshipEducational funding or erudition
accelerated · Ivy League · spelling bee · science fair · honor roll · SAT · precocious · overachievers
Unauthorized computer system intruders
- codersSoftware creators
- programmersThose who write code
- Silicon ValleyBay Area tech corridor
- startupsNewly launched businesses
software · Mark Zuckerberg · Bill Gates · algorithms · AI · robotics · gaming · cybersecurity
Bumps or bigwigs
- self-madeSuccessful through own efforts
- hustlersThose who deceive for profit
- lemonade standChild-run drink booth
- millionairesPeople worth seven figures
investors · side hustle · empire builders · dealmakers · networkers · pitch · funding · ambition
Supremely skilled performers
- MozartEighteenth-century Austrian composer
- prodigiesUnusually talented youth
- child actorsUnderage film performers
- pianoKeyed percussion instrument
violin · conservatory · talent shows · competitions · recitals · maestro · composers · choreographers
prodigies
Unusually talented youth
- giftedGiven as present
- geniusesExceptionally gifted intellects
- valedictoriansHighest academic achievers graduating
scholarship · accelerated · Ivy League · spelling bee · science fair · honor roll · SAT · precocious · overachievers · tutors
hackers
Unauthorized computer system intruders
- codersSoftware creators
- programmersThose who write code
- Silicon ValleyBay Area tech corridor
startups · software · Mark Zuckerberg · Bill Gates · algorithms · AI · robotics · gaming · cybersecurity · entrepreneurs
moguls
Bumps or bigwigs
- self-madeSuccessful through own efforts
- hustlersThose who deceive for profit
- lemonade standChild-run drink booth
millionaires · investors · side hustle · empire builders · dealmakers · networkers · pitch · funding · ambition · driven
virtuosos
Supremely skilled performers
- MozartEighteenth-century Austrian composer
- prodigiesUnusually talented youth
- child actorsUnderage film performers
piano · violin · conservatory · talent shows · competitions · recitals · maestro · composers · choreographers · painters
- techiesgeeks, nerds, techies, coders, programmers
- tech hobbyistsgamer, tinkerers, programmer, makers, coder
whiz-kidsdunces
Slow-witted people
dullards · dimwits · blockheads · underachievers · numbskulls
kid, wizard, wizardry, wizened, whizzing, whizzed, whizzes, wizardly, whiz-kid