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[ fee-nom, fi-nom ] / ˈfi nɒm, fɪˈnɒm / SEE SYNONYMS FOR phenom ON THESAURUS.COM
noun Slang.a phenomenon, especially a young prodigy: a twelve-year-old tennis phenom. Origin of phenomBy shortening Words nearby phenomphenology, phenolphthalein, phenol red, phenolsulfonephthalein, phenolsulfonphthalein, phenom, phenomena, phenomenal, phenomenalism, phenomenalize, phenomenology Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for phenomAnd their relationship has continued--a trip back to Phenom Penh late last month was Angelo's third. A Beauty School for Former Sex Trade Victims|Misty White Sidell|May 20, 2013|DAILY BEAST The former Denver Broncos phenom rarely saw the field for the Jets this year, and the team is reportedly looking to trade him. Tim Tebow’s ‘Hate’ Pastor Responds to Quarterback’s Withdrawal|David Freedlander|February 22, 2013|DAILY BEAST Long gone was the phenom, replaced by Tomic “The Tank Engine.” Tennis Bad Boy Bernard Tomic: The Next Roger Federer?|Sujay Kumar|January 19, 2013|DAILY BEAST And yet the videos of a “drunk Jeff Goldblum” have become something of an Internet phenom. Jeff Goldblum on Theresa Rebeck’s ‘Seminar,’ Celebrity Death Hoaxes & More|Lorenza Muñoz|November 8, 2012|DAILY BEAST
If Jeremy Lin and the New York Knicks keep winning, the tabloids are going to run out of nicknames for the phenom from Harvard. Jeremy Lin and the New York Knicks: The Science Behind Winning|Clark Merrefield|February 18, 2012|DAILY BEAST He is a phenom, a veritable Prodigious Prodigy, and maybe old Bannister isn't wild with enthusiasm. T. Haviland Hicks Senior|J. Raymond Elderdice News travels fast in a college community and Drake had passed the word that Ainslee had uncovered a “phenom.” Bert Wilson's Fadeaway Ball|J. W. Duffield
British Dictionary definitions for phenom
nouninformal a person or thing of outstanding abilities or qualities Word Origin for phenomC20: from phenom (enon) Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to phenomcapable, experienced, talented, versed, efficient, gifted, apt, conversant, adept, accomplished, skillful, qualified, trained, competent, specialist, pro, expert, artist, star, pundit |