CHICKS Synonyms: 82 Similar and Opposite Words

chicks

noun

plural of chick

as in kids

a young person who is between infancy and adulthood those innocent little chicks can scarcely imagine what life has in store for them

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Recent Examples of chicks By the end of this year’s breeding season, about twenty per cent of the hatched chicks had fledged. — Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026 Many tuned in to the nonstop livestream of Jackie’s nest — often daily — to watch her and her mate Shadow weather freezing winter storms, protect their eggs and dote on fuzzy chicks. — Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026 For the first time, the aquarium is sharing with ABC News the names of two of the newest chicks, Chip and Boyd. — ABC News, 2 Sep. 2026 Prior to the 2011-2012 nesting season, no bald eagle chicks were known to have ever hatched in Big Bear Valley. — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 2 Sep. 2026 For many of this year’s chicks, the next milestone will be receiving a name on the anniversary of their hatch days next year. — Adela Suliman, NBC news, 1 Sep. 2026 Today, there are 99 breeding pairs in the region, including 160 chicks fledged in the wild. — Caden Perry, jsonline.com, 26 Aug. 2026 The lone male, meanwhile, worked overtime to feed both nests of hungry chicks. — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 25 Aug. 2026

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Noun

The passage about the group of hippies going out to the pueblo and giving the Native kids LSD and hooking up on the tribe’s sacred ground until they get run off is priceless.

— Maggie McGowan, The New York Review of Books, 5 Sep. 2026
Each year, Kenny Wilson and her husband pile their two kids into the car and drive hours from her Texas home to a cruise port in Galveston.

— Alex Harring, CNBC, 5 Sep. 2026

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Part of what makes 764 and other Nihilistic Violent Extremist groups so terrifying is that in addition to grooming minor victims, members also intentionally recruit and radicalize juveniles to become predators themselves, according to the FBI.

— Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026
At least six juveniles were taken to area hospitals with injuries that were not considered life-threatening, police said.

— Caroline Foreback, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026