precocious
precocious
Definition
pre·co·cious (prē kō′s̸həs, pri-)
pre·co′·ciously adverb
pre·co′·cious·ness noun or pre·coc′·ity--käs′ə tē
precocious
Synonyms
precocious
modif.
precocious
Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- puberty: The initial diagnosis of precocious puberty hit us hard, feelings of guilt, " why did we not do anything earlier?
- talent: Then we have the precocious talent of Stuart Green.
- genius: Origen, the precocious genius born in 185 called it the'Ship of Jesus ' wherein the world is saved.
- learner: The scene would seem to be set for addressing the needs of precocious young learners.
- reader: What happens to precocious readers ' performance by the age of eleven?
- son: The Cheeky Monkey, named after her precocious son, Connor, carries unique items that resolve problems.
Modifying Another Word
- very: I was a very precocious child and started worrying about things like where all the water had come from for the Flood.
- sexually: The appearance of her husband's sexually precocious Vietnamese love-child is nothing compared with the antics of their own children.
- too: Was that a difficult balance, ensuring, as well, that they didn't become too precocious?
- extremely: Extremely precocious, he won all the academy prizes.
- intellectually: He may be intellectually precocious yet emotionally stunted and amoral.
- somewhat: She is known for being somewhat precocious ( what 17 year old isn't?
Browse dictionary entries near precocious
- precocial
- preclusion of issue
- preclude
- preclinical
- precisionist
- precision bombing
- precision
- precisian
- precisely
- precise
- precognition
- preconceive
- preconception
- preconcert
- precondition
- preconize
- preconscious
- precontract
- precook
- precool
