Synonyms of youngster

youngster

noun

ˈyəŋ(k)-stər 

as in kid

a young person who is between infancy and adulthood

a herd of youngsters following their nature guide like ducklings after a mother duck

Synonyms & Similar Words

• kid
• child
• teenager
• cub
• juvenile
• youth
• chick
• adolescent
• kiddo
• teen
• baby
• youngling
• kiddy
• moppet
• kiddie
• bud
• whelp
• monkey
• bairn
• sprat
• toddler
• infant
• chap
• sprout
• bambino
• squirt
• tyke
• schoolboy
• schoolchild
• kindergartener
• preschooler
• minor
• kindergartner
• schoolkid
• newborn
• lad
• tike
• schoolgirl
• neonate
• tot
• whippersnapper
• weanling
• nestling
• babe
• urchin
• rascal
• preteen
• teener
• hellion
• cherub
• tween
• bantling
• stripling
• nipper
• rug rat
• rapscallion
• teenybopper
• imp
• mischief
• jackanapes
• rogue
• subteen
• tomboy
• devil
• shaver
• bobby-soxer
• hoyden
• tad
• preteen-ager

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• adult
• grown-up
• elder
• oldster
• senior citizen
• old-timer
• ancient
• middle-ager
• senior
• golden-ager

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of youngster

In August of 2019, AHCA inspectors faulted the facility for performing life-saving measures on an unresponsive child, in contravention of a do-not-resuscitate order signed by the youngster’s mother and doctor. —Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 17 Jan. 2025

Ty Emberson — 70 Much of Emberson’s grade comes from stellar PK work by the youngster. —Allan Mitchell, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025

The youngster would approach from below, submerged, then pop up and try to catch them by surprise. —Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Jan. 2025

Militao's knock this term paved the way for Raul Asencio to break through to the first team, yet the youngster was dislodged from the back line once Tchouameni returned from a niggle himself in early December. —Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025