colt

noun

ˈkōlt 

1

a

: foal

especially : a male foal

b

: a young male horse that is usually not castrated and has not attained an arbitrarily designated age (such as four years)

2

: a young untried person

Synonyms of colt

• novice
• apprentice
• rookie
• beginner
• freshman
• newcomer

Examples of colt in a Sentence

a colt who looked to the team's more experienced players for advice

Recent Examples on the Web

The latter was shipped to the Indianapolis Colts in a deal that brought New York two first-round picks and wide receiver AD Mitchell, whom the colts drafted in the second round in 2024. —Andrew McCarty, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025

Tom Welling lives the good life on a horse farm in Northern California with his golden retriever Rosey and colt Apollo. —Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2025

The colt, Lord Adare, would win three times in 10 starts and earn nearly $50,000. —Jay Posner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Oct. 2025

The colt doesn’t know the racetrack he was bred for – the pride of Ruidoso – lies in ruins for the second year running, gutted by floodwaters that turned familiar dirt into a sucking bog of mud. —Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2025

Word History

Etymology

Middle English, from Old English; akin to Swedish dialect kult half-grown pig

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Rhymes for colt

• bolt
• boult
• jolt
• molt
• moult
• poult
• smolt
• volt
• volte
• kilovolt
• landolt
• raoult

Kids Definition

colt

noun

ˈkōlt 

1

: foal entry 1

especially : a young male horse

2

: an inexperienced young person