Precocious

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Manifesting or characterized by unusually early development or maturity, especially in mental aptitude.
  • adj. Botany Blossoming before the appearance of leaves.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Characterized by exceptionally early development or maturity.
  • adj. Exhibiting advanced skills at an abnormally early age.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Ripe or mature before the proper or natural time; early or prematurely ripe or developed.
  • adj. Developed more than is natural or usual at a given age; exceeding what is to be expected of one's years; too forward; -- used especially of mental forwardness
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Ripe before the natural time.
  • Ripe in understanding at an early period; prematurely developed; forward: as, a precocious child; precocious faculties.
  • Indicative of precocity; characteristic of early maturity; anticipative of greater age; premature.
  • In botany, appearing before the leaves: said of flowers.
  • In biology, present in an egg or embryo at a very early stage in an imperceptible condition; present before becoming manifest.
  • Noting birds that, like chickens, are able to run about as soon as hatched; precocial. See Præcoces.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. characterized by or characteristic of exceptionally early development or maturity (especially in mental aptitude)
  • adj. appearing or developing early
    • Equivalent
    advanced    early   
    Antonym
    backward    dull    stupid    serotinous   
    Cross Reference
    prodigy   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    forward    advanced    premature   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    atrocious    ferocious   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    wayward    impetuous    immature    impressionable    perceptive   
     
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