1. showing advanced development or maturity at an unusually early age
Usage: often used to describe children

Examples

• The precocious five-year-old could already read chapter books.
• Her precocious daughter started speaking in full sentences at eighteen months.
• The precocious student skipped two grades due to his advanced abilities.
• Mozart was a precocious composer who wrote his first symphony at age eight.
• The teacher was impressed by the precocious child’s mathematical reasoning.
• Some parents worry that precocious children miss out on normal childhood experiences.