'Prodigy' definitions:
Definition of 'prodigy'
(from WordNet)
noun
An unusually gifted or intelligent (young) person; someone whose talents excite wonder and admiration; "she is a chess prodigy"
noun
A sign of something about to happen; "he looked for an omen before going into battle" [syn: omen, portent, presage, prognostic, prognostication, prodigy]
noun
An impressive or wonderful example of a particular quality; "the Marines are expected to perform prodigies of valor"
Definition of 'Prodigy'
From: GCIDE
- Prodigy \Prod"i*gy\, n.; pl. Prodigies. [ L. prodigium; pro before + (perh.) a word appearing in adagium adage: cf. F. prodige. Cf. Adage. ] [1913 Webster]
- 1. Something extraordinary, or out of the usual course of nature, from which omens are drawn; a portent; as, eclipses and meteors were anciently deemed prodigies. [1913 Webster]
- So many terrors, voices, prodigies, May warn thee, as a sure foregoing sign. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Anything so extraordinary as to excite wonder or astonishment; a marvel; as, a prodigy of learning. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A production out of ordinary course of nature; an abnormal development; a monster. --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Wonder; miracle; portent; marvel; monster. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'prodigy'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- A per se,
- abnormality,
- ace,
- amazement,
- anomaly,
- astonishing thing,
- astonishment,
- boss,
- brain,
- champion,
- chief,
- child prodigy,
- commander,
- conversation piece,
- crackerjack,
- curio,
- curiosity,
- dean,
- enchantment,
- exception,
- fantasy,
- ferlie,
- first-rater,
- fugleman,
- gazingstock,
- genius,
- gifted child,
- gifted person,
- good hand,
- great,
- head,
- higher-up,
- improbability,
- intellect,
- intellectual genius,
- intellectual prodigy,
- laureate,
- leader,
- leading light,
- luminary,
- magician,
- mahatma,
- man of genius,
- man of parts,
- marvel,
- marvelment,
- master,
- master hand,
- mastermind,
- mental genius,
- mental giant,
- miracle,
- museum piece,
- natural,
- nonesuch,
- nonpareil,
- oddity,
- paragon,
- past master,
- phenomenon,
- practiced hand,
- principal,
- prodigiosity,
- quite a thing,
- rarity,
- ruler,
- sage,
- senior,
- sensation,
- sight,
- sign,
- skilled hand,
- something else,
- spectacle,
- star,
- strange thing,
- stunner,
- superior,
- superman,
- superstar,
- talent,
- the greatest,
- the most,
- top dog,
- topnotcher,
- virtuoso,
- whiz,
- wizard,
- wonder,
- wonderful thing,
- wonderment,
- wonderwork