whiz kid
Precocious little talent
A whiz kid is a young person with exceptional talent or ability, especially in a technical or intellectual field: a computer whiz kid, The sixteen-year-old whiz kid beat the chess grandmaster.
The term suggests precocious achievement—someone succeeding at an age when most people are still learning basics.
Also spelled whiz-kid or wiz kid.
Remarkably talented youngster
- child prodigyExceptionally gifted youngster
- gifted childYouth with exceptional abilities
- phenomExceptional talent, informally
- savantPerson of profound learning
virtuoso · enfant terrible · Mozart · spelling bee champion · science fair winner · early bloomer · boy wonder · fast learner
Person of rare brilliance
- brilliantIntensely bright or gifted
- brainiacExceptionally intelligent person
- smartMentally quick, or fashionable
- sharpFine-edged, or astute
clever · gifted · bright · quick-witted · astute · intelligent · IQ · cognition
One exceeding all expectations
- rising starEmerging person of promise
- success storyNarrative of achievement
- standoutExceptional person or thing
- top performerHighest-achieving individual
high achiever · record breaker · gold medalist · valedictorian · dean's list · scholarship recipient · published author · TED talk
Unauthorized system accessor
- coderOne who programs
- programmerOne who writes software
- startup founderCreator of new companies
- app developerOne who creates applications
Silicon Valley · tech entrepreneur · software engineer · robotics · digital native · YouTube sensation · cyber security · inventor
wunderkind
Remarkably talented youngster
- child prodigyExceptionally gifted youngster
- gifted childYouth with exceptional abilities
- phenomExceptional talent, informally
savant · virtuoso · enfant terrible · Mozart · spelling bee champion · science fair winner · early bloomer · boy wonder · fast learner · early admission
genius
Person of rare brilliance
- brilliantIntensely bright or gifted
- brainiacExceptionally intelligent person
- smartMentally quick, or fashionable
sharp · clever · gifted · bright · quick-witted · astute · intelligent · IQ · cognition · analytical
overachiever
One exceeding all expectations
- rising starEmerging person of promise
- success storyNarrative of achievement
- standoutExceptional person or thing
high achiever · top performer · record breaker · gold medalist · valedictorian · dean's list · scholarship recipient · published author · TED talk · media darling
hacker
Unauthorized system accessor
- coderOne who programs
- programmerOne who writes software
- startup founderCreator of new companies
app developer · Silicon Valley · tech entrepreneur · software engineer · robotics · digital native · YouTube sensation · cyber security · inventor · Mark Zuckerberg
- achieversachiever, high achiever, overachiever, go-getter, striver
- Geniusgenius, prodigy, brainiac, savant, brilliance
- geniusesgenius, brainiac, prodigy, Einstein, intellect
- Nerdsnerd, geek, dork, dweeb, brainiac
- Overachieversgo-getter, overachiever, striver, perfectionist, valedictorian
- Prodigieschild prodigy, prodigy, wunderkind, boy wonder, child genius