whiz-kid
noun[C]
USinformal(UKwhizz-kid)usuk/ˈwɪz.kɪd/ayoungpersonwho is verysmartandsuccessful:
They've taken on somefinancialwhiz-kid.
an intelligent person
- geniusThe system must have been designed by a mathematical genius.
- prodigyHe was something of a prodigy on the piano.
- child prodigyShe was labeled as a child prodigy by her early teachers.
- eggheadThe eggheads at the university have been working on this for years.
- brainsThe well-known comedian is the brains behind the new sitcom.
- whiz-kidUSThey hired some 24-year-old whiz-kid to lead the firm.
Experts and specialists
- academician
- artist
- authority
- boffin
- child prodigy
- doyen
- doyenne
- hotshot
- knowsomethinginside outidiom
- lapidary
- literati
- maven
- Renaissance man
- savant
- semiotician
- skilled
- smart money
- superuser
- virtuoso
- whizz
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