Meanings
nounwhiz kid (plural whiz kids)
plural whiz kids · alternative whizkid · alternative whiz-kid · alternative whizz kid · alternative whizzkid
- A brilliant or accomplished young person.
“You were always good at literature. No wonder you were the whiz kid copywriter.”
2018, Tsitsi Dangarembga, This Mournable Body, Faber & Faber (2020), page 292Synonyms: child prodigy
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA brilliant or accomplished young person.
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