prodigy

1. 1.

   an unusually gifted or intelligent (young) person; someone whose talents excite wonder and admiration

   “she is a chess prodigy”

   Broadergenius

   Narrowerboy wonderchild prodigygirl wonder
2. 2.

   a sign of something about to happen

   “he looked for an omen before going into battle”

   Synonymsomenportentpresageprognosticprognostication

   Broaderaugury

   Narrowerauspiceforebodingdeath knell
3. 3.

   an impressive or wonderful example of a particular quality

   “the Marines are expected to perform prodigies of valor”

   Broaderexemplar

Other forms of prodigy

plural

prodigies·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about prodigy

What does prodigy mean?

prodigy means "an unusually gifted or intelligent (young) person; someone whose talents excite wonder and admiration". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in prodigy?

prodigy has 3 syllables: pro-di-gy. The stress falls on "pro". In IPA it is /ˈpɹɑdədʒi/.

What is another word for prodigy?

Close synonyms include omen, portent, presage, prognostic, prognostication. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is prodigy a common word?

prodigy is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.