wonderkid
Exceptional young talent
A wonderkid is a young person who achieves remarkable success or shows exceptional talent, especially in sports, music, or business.
The term carries admiration tinged with amazement—this isn't just a talented child but one performing at levels that surprise adults: The sixteen-year-old wonderkid scored twice on his debut.
Also spelled wonder kid.
Remarkably talented youngster
- MozartEighteenth-century Austrian composer
- EinsteinByword for genius
- geniusPerson of rare brilliance
- savantPerson of profound learning
prodigious · gifted · exceptional · precocious · brilliant · talented · childhood · young
Potential client or opportunity
- draft pickAthlete chosen by team
- youth academyTraining system for juniors
- signingInscribing one's name
- transferMove between locations
scout · football · FIFA · career mode · Rooney · Pelé · Messi · starlet
wunderkind
Remarkably talented youngster
savant · prodigious · gifted · exceptional · precocious · brilliant · talented · childhood · young · phenom
prospect
Potential client or opportunity
- draft pickAthlete chosen by team
- youth academyTraining system for juniors
- signingInscribing one's name
transfer · scout · football · FIFA · career mode · Rooney · Pelé · Messi · starlet · teenager
rising
Act of ascending
- up-and-comerPromising newcomer gaining ground
- breakthroughSudden important advance
- meteoricSwiftly spectacular yet brief
budding · emerging · nascent · rookie · prospect · freshman · debut · newcomer · ascending · promising
- young talentschild actor, prodigy, wunderkind, young artist, virtuoso
wonderkidmediocrity
Quality of being average
no-hoper · dud · also-ran · nobody · average Joe