wunderkinds
Gifted child talents
Wunderkinds is the plural of wunderkind, a German borrowing meaning a child prodigy or someone who achieves remarkable success at a young age.
The term applies to exceptional children in music, chess, mathematics, or other fields, and extends to young adults who rise quickly: Silicon Valley wunderkinds, a literary wunderkind.
The German plural wunderkinder also appears.
Supremely accomplished performer
- maestroDistinguished musical leader
- giftedGiven as present
- talentedHaving natural ability
- brilliantIntensely bright or gifted
prodigious · exceptional · accomplished · adept · skilled · masterful · flourishing · promising
Remarkably talented youngster
- MozartEighteenth-century Austrian composer
- phenomExceptional talent, informally
- savantPerson of profound learning
- virtuosoSupremely accomplished performer
maestro · precocious · exceptional · remarkable · pianist · violinist · composer · mathematician
Person of rare brilliance
- brillianceExceptional intelligence or luster
- intellectMental reasoning capacity
- polymathMulti-domain expert
- mastermindScheme's chief planner
Einstein · cognition · IQ · insight · wisdom · erudition · theorist · thinker
One who starts businesses
- visionaryImaginative planner of futures
- pioneerEarly explorer or settler
- disruptorOne who overturns norms
- inventorCreator of original devices
Zuckerberg · Gates · Jobs · breakthrough · venture · innovator · trailblazer · game-changer
virtuoso
Supremely accomplished performer
brilliant · prodigious · exceptional · accomplished · adept · skilled · masterful · flourishing · promising
whiz-kid
Remarkably talented youngster
- MozartEighteenth-century Austrian composer
- phenomExceptional talent, informally
- savantPerson of profound learning
virtuoso · maestro · precocious · exceptional · remarkable · pianist · violinist · composer · mathematician · phenomenon
genius
Person of rare brilliance
- brillianceExceptional intelligence or luster
- intellectMental reasoning capacity
- polymathMulti-domain expert
mastermind · Einstein · cognition · IQ · insight · wisdom · erudition · theorist · thinker · scholar
entrepreneur
One who starts businesses
- visionaryImaginative planner of futures
- pioneerEarly explorer or settler
- disruptorOne who overturns norms
inventor · Zuckerberg · Gates · Jobs · breakthrough · venture · innovator · trailblazer · game-changer · futurist
- achieversachiever, high achiever, overachiever, go-getter, striver
- next big thingsstartups, emerging markets, rising stars, trending topics, game changers
wunderkindslate bloomers
Those succeeding after delay
late risers · Grandma Moses · Colonel Sanders · Julia Child · Vera Wang
wunderkindsmediocrities
Unremarkable people or things
average joes · ordinary people · plodders · also-rans · nonentities