Dictionary Definition
prodigy
Noun
1 an unusually gifted or intelligent (young)
person; someone whose talents excite wonder and admiration; "she is
a chess prodigy"
2 a sign of something about to happen; "he looked
for an omen before going into battle" [syn: omen, portent, presage, prognostic, prognostication]
3 an impressive or wonderful example of a
particular quality; "the Marines are expected to perform prodigies
of valor"
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- AHD: prŏd'ə-jē
Noun
- Something from which omens are drawn.
- An amazing or marvellous thing.
- A wonderful example of something.
- An extremely talented person, especially a child.
Related terms
Translations
something from which omens are drawn
- Finnish: enne, ennusmerkki
- Japanese: 前兆
amazing or marvellous thing
- Finnish: ihme
- Japanese: 驚異
wonderful example of something
- Finnish: malliesimerkki
extremely talented person
- Finnish: ihmelapsi
- German: Wunderkind (child)
- Italian: prodigio
- Japanese: 神童
See also
Extensive Definition
Prodigy may refer to:
- Child prodigy, an individual who is a master of one or more skills or arts at an early age
In music:
- The
Prodigy, a British electronic music group
- Moog Prodigy, the synthesiser from which the group got its name
- Prodigy (rapper), an American rapper and part of the hip hop duo Mobb Deep
In literature:
- Prodigy (comics), four different fictional characters in the Marvel Universe
- Prodigy (David Alleyne), a mutant and member of the X-Men in the Marvel Universe
- Beneath the Wheel, a 1906 novel by Hermann Hesse also known as The Prodigy
In television:
- "Prodigy" (Stargate SG-1), a season 4 episode of the television show Stargate SG-1
- The Prodigy (TV show), a proposed reality TV show produced by Actuality Entertainment that never aired, and is alleged to be part of an elaborate scam by bankrupt Utah-based security alarm company Firstline
In technology:
- Prodigy (online service), an early online service provider
prodigy in German: Prodigy
prodigy in Spanish: Prodigy
prodigy in French: Prodigy
prodigy in Dutch: Prodigy
prodigy in Japanese: プロディジー
prodigy in Portuguese: Prodigy
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
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