Antonyms for precocious

Grammar : Adj

Spell : pri-koh-shuh s

Phonetic Transcription : prɪˈkoʊ ʃəs

Definition of precocious

Origin : 1640s, "developed before the usual time" (of plants), with -ous + Latin praecox (genitive praecocis) "maturing early," from prae "before" (see pre-) + coquere "to ripen," literally "to cook" (see cook (n.)). Originally of flowers or fruits. Figurative use, of persons, dates from 1670s. Related: Precociously; precociousness.

adj exceptionally smart, ahead of age in understanding

Example sentences :

As for that precocious damsel, she would run no least risk of destruction by the satyr.
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

Many of our greatest divines have been anything but precocious.
Extract from : « Self-Help » by Samuel Smiles

Her mother tried to frighten her; but the child was too precocious.
Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola

Of precocious nature, she endured her martyrdom with extraordinary fortitude.
Extract from : « The Fortune of the Rougons » by Emile Zola

Henry was still in bed, but awake and reading Smiles with precocious gusto.
Extract from : « A Great Man » by Arnold Bennett

His countenance was pleasing and bore no trace of precocious criminality.
Extract from : « Criminal Man » by Gina Lombroso-Ferrero

He was, however, an individual of earthy hue, with precocious wrinkles.
Extract from : « Criminal Man » by Gina Lombroso-Ferrero

In crossing to Niagara, we had a specimen of the precocious colonist of 1845.
Extract from : « Canada and the Canadians » by Sir Richard Henry Bonnycastle

This is a beautiful illustration of the futility of precocious teaching.
Extract from : « The Measurement of Intelligence » by Lewis Madison Terman

But the precocious Adams had only a little of the prig and nothing of the hypocrite in his nature.
Extract from : « John Quincy Adams » by John. T. Morse

Synonyms for precocious

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