PRODIGY
Dictionary entry overview: What does prodigy mean?
• PRODIGY (noun)
The noun PRODIGY has 3 senses:
1. an unusually gifted or intelligent (young) person; someone whose talents excite wonder and admiration
2. a sign of something about to happen
3. an impressive or wonderful example of a particular quality
Familiarity information: PRODIGY used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• PRODIGY (noun)
Meaning:
An unusually gifted or intelligent (young) person; someone whose talents excite wonder and admiration
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Context example:
she is a chess prodigy
Hypernyms ("prodigy" is a kind of...):
brain; brainiac; Einstein; genius; mastermind (someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "prodigy"):
boy wonder (an extremely talented young male person)
child prodigy; infant prodigy; wonder child (a prodigy whose talents are recognized at an early age)
girl wonder (an extremely talented young female person)
Meaning:
A sign of something about to happen
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
omen; portent; prognostic; prognostication; presage; prodigy
Context example:
he looked for an omen before going into battle
Hypernyms ("prodigy" is a kind of...):
augury; foretoken; preindication; sign (an event that is experienced as indicating important things to come)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "prodigy"):
auspice (a favorable omen)
foreboding (an unfavorable omen)
death knell (an omen of death or destruction)
Meaning:
An impressive or wonderful example of a particular quality
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Context example:
the Marines are expected to perform prodigies of valor
Hypernyms ("prodigy" is a kind of...):
example; exemplar; good example; model (something to be imitated)
