precociousadjective
uk/prɪˈkəʊ.ʃəs/us/prəˈkoʊ.ʃəs/(especially of children) showing mental development or achievement much earlier than usual:
A precocious child, she went to university at the age of 15.
She recorded her first CD at the precocious age of twelve.
disapproving A precocious child behaves as if they are much older than they are:
a precocious little brat
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Physically and mentally mature & immature
- adult
- ageing
- aging
- an old/a wise head on young shoulders idiom
- babyish
- grown
- grown up
- head
- immature
- infantile
- juvenile
- mature
- maturely
- maturity
- overgrown
- petulant
- precociously
- puerile
- retarded
- young
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precociousness
noun [ U ] uk/prɪˈkəʊ.ʃəs.nəs/us/prəˈkoʊ.ʃəs.nəs/formal precocity, uk/-ˈkɒs.ɪ.ti/us/-ˈkɑː.sə.t̬i/