phenomnoun [ C ]
uk/fəˈnɒm/us/fəˈnɑːm/US slangsomeone or something extremely successful, especially someone young in sports who achieves a lot very quickly:
In less than a year, the 21-year-old phenom has become the best player in baseball.
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Successful (things or people)
- a heavy hitter idiom
- achiever
- alive
- alpha male
- ascendant
- chart
- fly
- have sth in your pocket idiom
- have the world at your feet idiom
- healthy
- high-flyer
- high-flying
- lion
- ride
- roll
- to have arrived idiom
- top-rated
- tried
- triumphant
- up and down idiom
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