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

During the 1982-1983 El Niño, sea birds on Christmas Island abandoned chicks to search for food and fur seal and sea lions were starving in Peru. — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 30 July 2026

Burberry, taking a similar approach, cast brand ambassadors Zhang Jingyi and Zhang Kangle as two strangers who bond over their love of music at a record store — a chick-flick as old as time. — Denni Hu, Footwear News, 28 July 2026

The mother bird remains inside for weeks while the male delivers food through the tiny opening until the chicks are old enough. — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 28 July 2026

There’s a set that celebrates postal workers, another depicting bald eagles at every life stage from awkward chick to majestic icon of Americana, and one that is smattered with colorful Route 66 landmarks. — Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 July 2026