All youngster synonyms
young·ster
Y y noun youngster
- child — A child is a human being who is not yet an adult.
- kid — Thomas, 1558–94, English dramatist.
- teenager — a person in his or her teens.
- youth — the condition of being young.
- adolescent — Adolescent is used to describe young people who are no longer children but who have not yet become adults. It also refers to their behaviour.
- minor — lesser, as in size, extent, or importance, or being or noting the lesser of two: a minor share.
- teen — a teenager.
- boy — A boy is a child who will grow up to be a man.
- girl — a female child, from birth to full growth.
- juvenile — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or suitable or intended for young persons: juvenile books.
- pupil — the expanding and contracting opening in the iris of the eye, through which light passes to the retina.
- student — a person formally engaged in learning, especially one enrolled in a school or college; pupil: a student at Yale.
- chick — A chick is a baby bird.
- cub — A cub is a young wild animal such as a lion, wolf, or bear.
- fledgling — a young bird just fledged.
- junior — younger (designating the younger of two men bearing the same full name, as a son named after his father; often written as Jr. or jr. following the name): May I speak with the junior Mr. Hansen? Mr. Edward Andrew Hansen, Jr. Compare senior (def 1).
- lad — a boy or youth.
- lass — a girl or young woman, especially one who is unmarried.
- moppet — a young child.
- punk — Slang. something or someone worthless or unimportant. a young ruffian; hoodlum. an inexperienced youth. a young male partner of a homosexual. an apprentice, especially in the building trades. Prison Slang. a boy.
- pup — a young dog; puppy.
- puppy — a young dog, especially one less than a year old.
- sapling — a young tree.
- shaver — a person or thing that shaves.
- sonny — Theodore Walter ("Sonny") born 1930, U.S. jazz saxophonist and composer.
- squirt — to eject liquid in a jet from a narrow orifice: The hose squirted all over us.
- urchin — a mischievous boy.
- juvenile delinquent — a minor who cannot be controlled by parental authority and commits antisocial or criminal acts, as vandalism or violence.
- small fry — child
- teenybopper — a teenage girl, especially a young one.
- young adult — a teenager (used especially by publishers and librarians).