quick study

One who is capable of learning at a fast pace; a fast learner.

Noun

  1. One who is capable of learning at a fast pace; a fast learner.
    • Gilpatric assumed that his own prior experience would give him an early advantage over McNamara, but this proved erroneous, as McNamara was a quick study and soon got a fix on the management and organization of the...

    Antonyms: slow study

    Coordinate Terms: quick read

  2. An actor who is able to learn their lines in a short amount of time.
    • 'I mustn't be cracking jokes though, for I've got a part of twelve lengths here, which I must be up in tomorrow night, and I haven't had time to look at it yet; I'm a confounded quick study, that's one comfort.' - 1838...
    • ... She is a quick study --' 'A what?' 'Learns her part rapidly, I mean. ... - 1880, Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Belgravia, volume XL, page 80:
    • "Ah!" sighs the little widow, "I absolutely don't know how I am! With all this professional jargon, and nothing but 'quick study' and 'lines,' in one ear; and 'left upper' and 'right lower,' in the other, I am almost...
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see quick, study.

Forms

quick studies