Meanings
nounchild prodigy (plural child prodigies)
plural child prodigies
- A highly talented or gifted person at a young age.
Synonyms: wunderkind, wonderchild, boy wonder, golden boy, phenom, quiz kid, whiz kid, wonderboy
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA highly talented or gifted person at a young age.
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Translations
Arabic طفل عبقري
- طفل عبقري (tifl eabqariun)talented young person
Bengali বিস্ময় শিশু
- বিস্ময় শিশু (biśśõẏ śiśu)talented young person
Catalan nen prodigi, nena prodigi
- nen prodigitalented young person
- nena prodigitalented young person
Chinese Mandarin 神童, 聖童 /圣童
- 神童 (shéntóng)talented young person
- 聖童 /圣童 (shèngtóng)talented young person
- 資優兒童 /资优儿童 (zīyōu értóng)talented young person
- 天才兒 /天才儿 (tiāncái'ér)talented young person
Czech zázračné dítě
- zázračné dítětalented young person
Danish vidunderbarn
- vidunderbarntalented young person
Dutch wonderknaap, wonderkind
- wonderknaaptalented young person
- wonderkindtalented young person
- wonderkinderentalented young person
Esperanto mirinfano
- mirinfanotalented young person
Estonian imelaps
- imelapstalented young person
Finnish ihmelapsi, lapsinero
- ihmelapsitalented young person
- lapsinerotalented young person
French enfant prodige
- enfant prodigetalented young person
German Wunderkind
- Wunderkindtalented young person
Greek παιδί-θαύμα
- παιδί-θαύμα (paidí-thávma)talented young person
Hebrew עִלּוּי
- עִלּוּי (ilúi)talented young person
Hungarian csodagyerek, csodagyerekek
- csodagyerektalented young person
- csodagyerekektalented young person
Icelandic undrabarn
- undrabarntalented young person
Indonesian anak ajaib
- anak ajaibtalented young person
Italian bambino prodigio
- bambino prodigiotalented young person
Japanese 神童, 天才児
- 神童 (shindō)talented young person
- 天才児 (tensaiji)talented young person
Korean 신동
- 신동 (sindong)talented young person
Latin puer mirabilis, puella mirabilis
- puer mirabilistalented young person
- puella mirabilistalented young person
Malay anak ajaib
- anak ajaibtalented young person
Norwegian Bokmål vidunderbarn
- vidunderbarntalented young person
Persian کودک نابغه
- کودک نابغهtalented young person
Polish dziecko szczęścia, cudowne dziecko
- dziecko szczęściatalented young person
- cudowne dzieckotalented young person
Portuguese prodígio, prodígios
- prodígiotalented young person
- prodígiostalented young person
- criança-prodígiotalented young person
- crianças-prodígiotalented young person
Romanian copil minune
- copil minunetalented young person
Russian вундерки́нд
- вундерки́нд (vundɛrkínd)talented young person
Spanish niño prodigio
- niño prodigiotalented young person
Swedish underbarn
- underbarntalented young person
Tamil சிறுமுது அறிஞர்
- சிறுமுது அறிஞர் (ciṟumutu aṟiñar)talented young person
Turkish çocuk dahi, harika çocuk
- çocuk dahitalented young person
- harika çocuktalented young person
Ukrainian вундеркі́нд
- вундеркі́нд (vunderkínd)talented young person
Vietnamese thần đồng
- thần đồngtalented young person
Cite this entry
APA
child prodigy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/child%20prodigy
MLA
“child prodigy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/child%20prodigy. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “child prodigy,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/child%20prodigy.
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