wonder child
Exceptionally gifted youth
A wonder child is a young person of exceptional talent or ability, especially in music, mathematics, or other intellectual pursuits.
The term translates German *Wunderkind*, which English also uses directly: Mozart was the original wonder child, composing at age five.
Wonder child sounds slightly more informal than its German equivalent.
- precociousDeveloped before typical age
- wunderkindRemarkably talented youngster
- musical prodigyExceptionally gifted young performer
- virtuosoSupremely accomplished performer
- phenomenonExtraordinary observable occurrence
Mozart · genius · bright spark · natural talent · polymath · old soul · driven · savant · imaginative · pioneer · intuitive · innovator · curious · visionary · icon · trailblazer · introspective · role model
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Slow-witted person
slow learner · dullard · underachiever · mediocrity · dim bulb
wonder childproblem child
Persistently difficult youth
disappointment · lost cause · hopeless case · write-off · failure
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