Synonyms of cubs

cubs

noun

plural of cub

1

as in novices

a person who is just starting out in a field of activity

the kind of big story that can propel a cub reporter into the stratosphere of the newspaper world

Synonyms & Similar Words

• novices
• apprentices
• beginners
• rookies
• freshmen
• newcomers
• colts
• fledglings
• recruits
• virgins
• rooks
• greenhorns
• punks
• students
• newbies
• novitiates
• babes
• tyros
• neophytes
• tenderfeet
• abecedarians
• boots
• trainees
• candidates
• amateurs
• learners
• dabblers
• entrants
• probationers
• dilettantes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• veterans
• professionals
• experts
• vets
• masters
• old hands
• old-timers
• pros

2

as in kids

a young person who is between infancy and adulthood

assigned to teach a bunch of young cubs how to play baseball

Synonyms & Similar Words

• kids
• children
• chicks
• juveniles
• youngsters
• babies
• youths
• monkeys
• teenagers
• buds
• younglings
• whelps
• kiddies
• kiddos
• moppets
• teens
• bambinos
• adolescents
• sprouts
• bairns
• sprats
• infants
• squirts
• toddlers
• chaps
• minors
• newborn
• preschoolers
• neonates
• nestlings
• schoolchildren
• tykes
• kindergartners
• weanlings
• schoolboys
• schoolkids
• rascals
• rug rats
• babes
• schoolgirls
• tots
• urchins
• imps
• teeners
• lads
• cherubs
• rogues
• whippersnappers
• bantlings
• hellions
• preteens
• rapscallions
• teenyboppers
• devils
• subteens
• mischiefs
• tweens
• striplings
• tads
• nippers
• tomboys
• shavers
• jackanapeses
• bobby-soxers
• hoydens
• preteen-agers

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• adults
• grown-ups
• elders
• senior citizens
• seniors
• oldsters
• ancients
• old-timers
• middle-agers
• golden-agers

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of cubs

Also in July, in Kenai, a local resident was mauled by a brown bear that had climbed over the fence into her front yard, with its two cubs, according to the Alaska Department of Public Safety. — Stephen Smith, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026

So far this season, mother bears have killed two cubs in separate incidents only a few days apart—and on camera. — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 12 Aug. 2026

Lion cubs are similar to domestic kittens at birth, in that they're born blind and their eyes open within about a week or two, the zoo said in a previous press release. — Finch Walker, USA Today, 10 Aug. 2026

According to reports, three cubs belonging to another bear were up in a tree, and one of Bear 335’s cubs also ran up the tree. — Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 4 Aug. 2026

The sow noticed me in that same moment and ran away with her cubs along the western trail and out of sight over the ridge. — Todd Orr, Outdoor Life, 30 July 2026

According to Visit Idaho, a majority of bear attacks are defensive measures to protect cubs, food or territory. — Idaho Statesman, 29 July 2026

The cubs, who have yet to be named, mark the second litter for Kashmir, 7, and Dawa, 3r, the post said. — Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 28 July 2026

The second of two red panda cubs born at the Santa Barbara Zoo in California this summer died over the weekend, the zoo said Monday. — Phil Helsel, NBC news, 28 July 2026