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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(informal) A male child prodigy, or (loosely) a talented male of any age..
Daddy had been using that child for a boy prophet, building up a whole new ministry around him, since the child was four years old, calling him a wonderboy...
...the wonderboys of Detroit and Wall Street...
He could have been a robot really. He could be taught to do anything, the coaches thought. He was a wonderboy.
Use wonderboy when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Wonderboy means (informal) A male child prodigy, or (loosely) a talented male of any age..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Daddy had been using that child for a boy prophet, building up a whole new ministry around him, since the child was four years old, calling him a wonderboy...
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