whiz kid

See also: whizkid and whiz-kid

English

Alternative forms

• whizkid
• whiz-kid
• whizz kid, whizzkid

Noun

whiz kid (plural whiz kids)

1. A brilliant or accomplished young person.
   • 2018, Tsitsi Dangarembga, This Mournable Body, Faber & Faber (2020), page 292:

     “You were always good at literature. No wonder you were the whiz kid copywriter.”

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:child prodigy

See also

• quiz kid