Need another word that means the same as “precocious”? Find 11 synonyms and 30 related words for “precocious” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Precocious” are: advanced, old beyond one's years, forward, ahead of one's peers, mature, ahead, gifted, talented, clever, intelligent, quick
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “precocious” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
| advanced | Ahead in development; complex or intricate. Advanced in years. |
| ahead | Having the leading position or higher score in a contest. He is ahead by a pawn. |
| ahead of one's peers | Having the leading position or higher score in a contest. |
| clever | Showing skill and originality; ingenious. How clever of him to think of this. |
| forward | Of the transmission gear causing forward movement in a motor vehicle. A forward child badly in need of discipline. |
| gifted | Having exceptional talent or natural ability. A gifted amateur musician. |
| intelligent | Possessing sound knowledge. Anna is intelligent and hard working. |
| mature | Fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used. A rather nice mature Camembert. |
| old beyond one's years | Just preceding something else in time or order. |
| quick | Moving quickly and lightly. Quick of foot. |
| talented | Endowed with talent or talents. A talented young musician. |
| adolescence | The time period between the beginning of puberty and adulthood. During adolescence teenagers often experience violent mood swings. |
| adolescent | Relating to or peculiar to or suggestive of an adolescent. The books are aimed at children and adolescents. |
| age | A division of time that is a subdivision of an epoch corresponding to a stage in chronostratigraphy. It was replaced because of its age. |
| birthplace | The place where something started or originated. Florence was the birthplace of the Renaissance. |
| boyish | Of, like, or characteristic of a male child or young man. She looked boyish and defiant. |
| callow | (of a young person) inexperienced and immature. Earnest and callow undergraduates. |
| childhood | The state or period of being a child. He spent his childhood in Lewes. |
| cub | Give birth to cubs. His sons are as yet mere cubs. |
| delayed | Not as far along as normal in development. |
| early | Early shifts. An early computer. |
| immature | Not yet mature. Immature behavior. |
| infancy | The early stage of growth or development. A son who died in infancy. |
| infantile | Being or befitting or characteristic of an infant. Infantile games. |
| juvenile | An actor playing a juvenile role. The romantic juvenile lead. |
| lad | A male child (a familiar term of address to a boy. It s great for the lads that the horse has won the National. |
| larval | Relating to or denoting the active immature form of an insect. Larval societies. |
| maturation | The ripening of fruit. White wines generally need less maturation than reds. |
| nascent | (especially of a process or organization) just coming into existence and beginning to display signs of future potential. The nascent chicks. |
| neolithic | Of or relating to the most recent period of the Stone Age (following the mesolithic. |
| onset | An offensive against an enemy (using weapons. The onset of pneumonia. |
| overindulgence | The action or fact of having too much of something enjoyable. Her alleged overindulgence in alcohol. |
| playmate | A companion at play. Sometimes Valerie wished she had more playmates. |
| plaything | A toy. She was the mistress and plaything of a wealthy businessman. |
| puberty | The period during which adolescents reach sexual maturity and become capable of reproduction. The onset of puberty. |
| teen | A teenager. They were both in their late teens. |
| teenage | Relating to or characteristic of teenagers. Teenage magazines. |
| teenager | A juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity. |
| young | Young people collectively. The young are amazingly resilient. |
| youngster | A young person of either sex. Tiddler is a British term for youngster. |
| youth | The time of life between childhood and maturity. Middle class youth have romanticized poverty. |
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