Phenom

Quick meaning: Phenom is a noun meaning One who is hip and fashionable.

Meaning

One who is hip and fashionable.

More Meanings

1. Someone or something that is phenomenal, especially a promising young player in sports like baseball, American football, basketball, tennis, and golf.

Example Sentences

Jones is a pop-culture phenom whose bold antics, outlandish personality, and dazzling looks defied all norms.

Managed and shortstopped by George Wright and full of league stalwarts—Joe Start, Paul Hines, and Jim O'rourke—they also had 1-year-old phenom Monte Ward as primary moundsman (teams now generally used multiple pitchers).

Co-founder Peng Zhihui first rose to fame as a teenage social media phenom, gaining millions of followers by showcasing complex DIY tech projects, such as self-balancing robots, a miniature TV, and a self-driving bicycle.

It is the first all-teen final since 1999 – when neither was born – which saw Serena Williams, 17, beat an 18-year-old Martina Hingis. Teen phenoms were relatively commonplace back then, especially on the women’s side, occasionally on the men’s.

Word Forms

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Related Words

Related dictionary entries include phenomenon, wunderkind, superphenomenon, monster, superplayer, prodigy.

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