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precocious
Meaning: having developed skills or abilities at an earlier age than usual
precocious in a sentence
How precocious is used in real sentences:
The precocious child was reading novels at age five.
The precocious child was reading novels at age five.
“Mara's assistant was a precocious thirteen-year-old named Inez, who already understood scale drawings and hidden hinges.”
— from the passage The Turning Walls
Synonyms for precocious
Other words for precocious — advanced and forward — carry the same meaning.
- advanced
- forward
Antonyms of precocious
Words that mean the opposite of precocious:
- backward
Where it comes from
From Latin prae 'before' + coquere 'to ripen'
Memory hook
PRE (before) + COCIOUS — ripe before time.
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