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wunderkind

[voon-der-kind, wuhn-, voon-duhr-kint] / ˈvʊn dərˌkɪnd, ˈwʌn-, ˈvʊn dərˌkɪnt /
NOUN
boy wonder
Synonyms
WEAK
gifted person intellectual genius polymath talented person whiz kid
NOUN
child prodigy
Synonyms
WEAK
boy wonder genius gifted child gifted student girl wonder phenom polymath prodigy sensation talented child whiz kid wonder wonder child
NOUN
prodigy
Synonyms
STRONGEST
genius sensation whiz wizard
STRONG
brain curiosity enormity freak intellect marvel mastermind miracle monster natural phenomenon portent rarity spectacle stunner talent wonder
WEAK
child genius one in a million rare bird whiz kid wonder child
Antonyms
STRONGEST
imbecile
STRONG
expectation normality regularity
NOUN
whiz kid
Synonyms
WEAK
boy wonder child prodigy comer genius gifted child girl wonder phenom polymath prodigy quiz kid sensation talented child wonder

Example Sentences

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Jordan Stolz is Team USA’s breakout star at these Olympics—the speedskating Wisconsin wunderkind who’s already won two gold medals and is hunting for more.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026

Also, a wunderkind dobro player named Jerry Douglas.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 28, 2026

He accomplished very good things in Oxford and he’s turned his career in a steadier direction after a peripatetic start as a football wunderkind.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 1, 2025

Even the president's onetime wunderkind former prime minister Gabriel Attal is keeping his distance.

From BBC • Oct. 6, 2025

An escape hatch was provided by his brother-in-law Landon Thorne, a Wall Street wunderkind who proposed that they form an investment banking partnership.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.