Wonderkid

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

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Noun
  1. 1
    A child prodigy; (if male) a golden boy informal, slang

    "He was the next big thing, a wonderkid and sure-fire certainty to make it to the top."

Synonyms

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child prodigywonderchildwunderkind

Example

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"He was the next big thing, a wonderkid and sure-fire certainty to make it to the top."

Etymology

From wonder + kid, in imitation of German Wunderkind.

Related phrases

child prodigygolden boy

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