Synonyms of chick

chick

noun

ˈchik 

as in kid

a young person who is between infancy and adulthood

those innocent little chicks can scarcely imagine what life has in store for them

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of chick

Those cells will then be injected through the shell of a domestic chicken egg into a microscopic chick embryo. — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 14 Oct. 2026

In the rainforest there, a tiny chick the size of a fuzzy, white golf ball perches on a tree limb. — Lauren Sommer, NPR, 13 Oct. 2026

Mesh, lace, metallic studs, crochet and tie-dye competed for attention, while fitted party dresses and washed denim leaned heavily on familiar notions of off-duty rock-chick dressing. — Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026

Shortly before Jackie took ill, the chicks — Sandy and Luna —successfully fledged. — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2026