precocious
adjective
- flowering, fruiting, or ripening early, as plants or fruit.
- bearing blossoms before leaves, as plants.
- appearing before leaves, as flowers.
Origin of precocious
Related Words for precocious
intelligent, bright, cocky, mature, advanced, aggressive, beforehand, bold, brassy, cheeky, developed, early, flip, flippant, forward, fresh, nervy, premature, presumptuous, pushyExamples from the Web for precocious
Contemporary Examples of precocious
The children are precocious and cute and the whole thing is freaking adorable.
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Do you like him frozen in time as a precocious boy genius doctor with a ridiculous name?
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Heightening his angst, Warren pines for precocious Jessica (Gevinson).
The budding relationship between the ornery sexagenarian and the precocious young child ultimately gives the film its momentum.
Precocious even in his private life, Macron does not have children of his own but, at 36, he is a grandfather.
Historical Examples of precocious
As for that precocious damsel, she would run no least risk of destruction by the satyr.
Within the LawMarvin Dana
Many of our greatest divines have been anything but precocious.
Self-HelpSamuel Smiles
Her mother tried to frighten her; but the child was too precocious.
L'AssommoirEmile Zola
Of precocious nature, she endured her martyrdom with extraordinary fortitude.
The Fortune of the RougonsEmile Zola
Henry was still in bed, but awake and reading Smiles with precocious gusto.
A Great ManArnold Bennett