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(prɒdɪdʒi)
Word forms: plural prodigies
countable noun
A prodigy is someone young who has a great natural ability for something such as music, mathematics, or sport.
...a Russian tennis prodigy.
More Synonyms of prodigy

prodigy in British English

(ˈprɒdɪdʒɪ)
nounWord forms: plural -gies
1. 
a person, esp a child, of unusual or marvellous talents
Also called: child genius, child prodigy
2. 
anything that is a cause of wonder and amazement
3. 
something monstrous or abnormal
4.  an archaic word for omen
Word origin
C16: from Latin prōdigium an unnatural happening, from pro-1 + -igium, probably from āio I say

prodigy in American English

(ˈprɑdədʒi)
nounWord forms: plural ˈprodigies
1.  Rare
an extraordinary happening, thought to presage good or evil fortune
2. 
a person, thing, or act so extraordinary as to inspire wonder; specif., a child of highly unusual talent or genius
Word origin
L prodigium < pro-, before + OL *agiom, a thing said < aio, I say: see adage

Examples of 'prodigy' in a sentence
prodigy

Yet the musical prodigies keep coming, and we keep heaping adoration on them.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
Yet the musical prodigies keep coming, and we keep heaping adoration on them.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
Not so if they are music prodigies who practise the piano for hours on end.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
 Musical prodigies may have more to thank than pushy parents.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The former teenage prodigy has grown up and life is good again.
The Sun (2009)
They were not primarily designed to act as a crucible for young prodigies.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
He was the young prodigy who left to play for the neighbouring rivals.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Her story is like that of all teenage tennis prodigies.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
We are not all musical prodigies.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
He was at the defining moment of a career that had taken him from teenage prodigy to the verge of golfing immortality.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
He was a tennis prodigy and by 16 had taken coaching exams and opened his own tennis academy.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
A former prodigy establishes herself as a mature virtuoso.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
If darts these days is going the way of the slimmer figure, no one has notified this young prodigy.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
It is more than a decade since a coach and her young prodigy stood on a windswept Sheffield running track and envisaged the future.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Forget the teenage prodigies and fast-tracked fame, this is the age of experience.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
A teenage prodigy, he exerted a considerable influence on a generation of British guitar players.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)

In other languages
prodigy

British English: prodigy NOUN
A prodigy is someone young who has a great natural ability for something such as music, mathematics, or sport.
...a famous tennis prodigy.
  • American English: prodigy
  • Brazilian Portuguese: prodígio
  • Chinese: > 奇才有极大的音乐、数学、运动等天赋的
  • European Spanish: prodigio
  • French: prodige
  • German: Wunderkind
  • Italian: prodigio
  • Japanese: 奇才
  • Korean: 신동
  • European Portuguese: prodígio
  • Latin American Spanish: prodigio

Chinese translation of 'prodigy'

prodigy

(ˈprɔdɪdʒɪ)

n (c)

  1. 天才 (tiāncái) (名, míng)
    child prodigy 神童 (shéntóng) (个(個), gè)
1 (noun) 
Definition
a person, esp. a child, with marvellous talent
an 11-year-old chess prodigy
Synonyms
genius
a 14-year-old mathematical genius
talent
Both her children have a talent for music.
wizard
a mathematical wizard at Harvard University
mastermind
She was the mastermind behind the plan.
whizz (informal)
whizz kid (informal)
a computing whizz kid
wunderkind
brainbox
child genius
wonder child
up-and-comer (informal)
2 (noun) 
Definition
anything that is a cause of wonder
people performing prodigies of superhuman endurance
Synonyms
wonder
a fascinating lecture on the wonders of nature
phenomenon
The Loch Ness monster is not the only bizarre phenomenon that bookmakers take bets on.
miracle
It's a miracle no one was killed.
sensation
marvel
A new technological marvel was invented there – the electron microscope.
one in a million
rare bird (informal)
3 (noun) 
a prodigy of nature
Synonyms
monster
She keeps me hidden like some hideous monster she's ashamed of.
spectacle
the bizarre spectacle of an actor desperately demanding an encore
freak
I'm tired of them treating me like a freak just because we have different interests.
curiosity
The company is a curiosity in the world of publishing.
mutation
abnormality
Genetic abnormalities are sometimes associated with paternal DNA.
grotesque
monstrosity
The towering figure looked like some monstrosity from a sci-fi movie.

Additional synonyms

in the sense of abnormality
Genetic abnormalities are sometimes associated with paternal DNA.
Synonyms
anomaly,
flaw,
rarity,
deviation,
oddity,
aberration,
exception,
peculiarity,
deformity,
irregularity,
malformation
in the sense of curiosity
Definition
a rare or unusual thing
The company is a curiosity in the world of publishing.
Synonyms
oddity,
wonder,
sight,
phenomenon,
spectacle,
freak,
marvel,
novelty,
rarity
in the sense of freak
Definition
an object, event, etc., that is abnormal
I'm tired of them treating me like a freak just because we have different interests.
Synonyms
aberration,
eccentric,
anomaly,
abnormality,
sport,
monster,
mutant,
oddity,
monstrosity (old-fashioned),
malformation,
rara avis,
queer fish (British, informal),
teratism

Nearby words of
prodigy

  • prodigal
  • prodigality
  • prodigious
  • prodigy
  • produce
  • producer
  • product

Synonyms of 'prodigy'

prodigy

Explore 'prodigy' in the dictionary

Additional synonyms

in the sense of marvel
Definition
something that causes wonder
A new technological marvel was invented there – the electron microscope.
Synonyms
wonder,
phenomenon,
miracle,
portent
in the sense of mastermind
Definition
a person who plans and directs a complex task or project
She was the mastermind behind the plan.
Synonyms
organizer,
director,
manager,
authority,
engineer,
brain(s) (informal),
architect,
genius,
planner,
intellect (informal),
virtuoso,
rocket scientist (informal),
brainbox
in the sense of miracle
Definition
a marvellous example of something
It's a miracle no one was killed.
Synonyms
wonder,
phenomenon,
sensation,
marvel,
amazing achievement,
astonishing feat
in the sense of monstrosity
Definition
an outrageous or ugly person or thing
The towering figure looked like some monstrosity from a sci-fi movie.
Synonyms
freak,
horror (informal),
monster,
mutant,
ogre,
lusus naturae,
miscreation,
teratism
in the sense of phenomenon
Definition
any remarkable occurrence or person
The Loch Ness monster is not the only bizarre phenomenon that bookmakers take bets on.
Synonyms
wonder,
sensation,
spectacle,
sight,
exception,
miracle,
marvel,
prodigy,
rarity,
nonpareil,
black swan
in the sense of spectacle
Definition
a strange, interesting, or ridiculous scene
the bizarre spectacle of an actor desperately demanding an encore
Synonyms
sight,
wonder,
scene,
phenomenon,
curiosity,
marvel,
laughing stock
in the sense of talent
Definition
a natural ability to do something well
Both her children have a talent for music.
Synonyms
ability,
gift,
aptitude,
parts,
power,
skill,
facility,
capacity,
bent,
genius,
expertise,
faculty,
endowment,
forte,
flair,
knack
in the sense of whizz kid
Definition
a person who is outstandingly able and successful for his or her age
a computing whizz kid
Synonyms
prodigy,
talent,
genius,
mastermind,
whizz (informal),
boffin (British, informal),
rocket scientist (informal),
wunderkind,
wonder kid,
child genius,
phenom (US, informal),
up-and-comer (informal)
in the sense of wizard
Definition
a person who is outstandingly gifted in some specified field
a mathematical wizard at Harvard University
Synonyms
genius,
star,
expert,
master,
ace (informal),
guru,
buff (informal),
adept,
whizz (informal),
prodigy,
maestro,
virtuoso,
boffin (British, informal),
hotshot (informal),
rocket scientist (informal),
wiz (informal),
whizz kid (informal),
wonk (informal),
maven (US),
fundi (South Africa),
up-and-comer (informal)
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