Wonderboy

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A male child prodigy, or (loosely) a talented male of any age. informal

    "Daddy had been using that child for a boy prophet, building up a whole new ministry around him, since the child was four years old, calling him a wonderboy..."

Synonyms

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child prodigywonderchildwunderkind

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"Daddy had been using that child for a boy prophet, building up a whole new ministry around him, since the child was four years old, calling him a wonderboy..."

Etymology

From wonder + boy.

Related phrases

child prodigy

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