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callant

noun , chiefly Scottish

Synonyms and Antonyms of callant

a male person who has not yet reached adulthood

ever since he was a callant, he's been fishing off the eastern coast of Scotland

Synonyms of callant

boy, boychick (or boychik), boyo [Irish], lad, laddie, nipper, shaveling, shaver, sonny, stripling, tad, youth

Words Related to callant

adolescent, juvenile, kid, kiddie (also kiddy), kiddo, minor, moppet, teenager, tween, youngling, youngster

brat, gamin, guttersnipe, hobbledehoy, imp, squirt, urchin, whippersnapper

toddler, tot, tyke (also tike)

mama's boy, mollycoddle

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