prodigy
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
an unusually gifted or intelligent (young) person; someone whose talents excite wonder and admiration
she is a chess prodigy
Types & categories
- genius hypernym
- boy wonder hyponym
- child prodigy hyponym
- girl wonder hyponym
Sense 2 noun
a sign of something about to happen
he looked for an omen before going into battle
Types & categories
- augury hypernym
- auspice hyponym
- foreboding hyponym
- death knell hyponym
Related & opposite
- omen derivation
- ominous derivation
- ominous derivation
- forebodinga derivation
- prognostic derivation
- portentous derivation
Sense 3 noun
an impressive or wonderful example of a particular quality
the Marines are expected to perform prodigies of valor
Types & categories
- exemplar hypernym
Related & opposite
- colossal derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | genius |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | boy wonder |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | child prodigy |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | girl wonder |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | omen |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | ominous |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | ominous |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | forebodinga |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | prognostic |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | portentous |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | augury |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | auspice |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | foreboding |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | death knell |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | colossal |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | exemplar |