What does precocious mean in English? Meaning of precocious definition and abbreviation with examples.
Meaning of "precocious": characterized by or characteristic of exceptionally early development or maturity (especially in mental aptitude)
Adjective
Meaning: characterized by or characteristic of exceptionally early development or maturity (especially in mental aptitude)Example: a precocious child
a precocious achievementSynonyms: precociousAntonyms: retardedSimilar: advancedAlso see: intelligentMeaning of "precocious": appearing or developing early
Adjective
Meaning: appearing or developing earlyExample: precocious flowers appear before the leaves as in some species of magnoliasSynonyms: precociousSimilar: earlyAdjective: Characterized by exceptionally early development or maturity. 2014 November 14, Stephen Halliday, “Scotland 1-0 Republic of Ireland: Maloney the hero”, The Scotsman: Scotland’s most encouraging early source of an attacking threat was Andrew Robertson as the precocious left-back charged forward to good effect on a couple of occasions. 1992, Rudolf M. Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, page 5 Both groups, also, have already evolved precocious (intracapsular) spore germination.2014 November 14, Stephen Halliday, “Scotland 1-0 Republic of Ireland: Maloney the hero”, The Scotsman: Scotland’s most encouraging early source of an attacking threat was Andrew Robertson as the precocious left-back charged forward to good effect on a couple of occasions.1992, Rudolf M. Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, page 5 Both groups, also, have already evolved precocious (intracapsular) spore germination.Exhibiting advanced skills at an abnormally early age. The precocious child began reading the newspaper at age four.Synonyms:
intelligent, bright, cocky, mature, advanced, aggressive, ahead of time, beforehand, bold, brassy, cheeky, developed, early, flip, flippant, forward, fresh, nervy, premature, presumptuous, pushy, quick, sassy, smart-alecky,
Antonyms:
stupid, unintelligent,
