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

Conservationists say the bears were likely taken from the wild as cubs. — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 8 July 2026

Nothing etches itself in your heart quite like the memory of watching a pack of energetic African wild dogs frolicking, a lioness and her cubs dozing on the Kalahari with your own kids tucked in close. — Kathryn Romeyn, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 June 2026

During the encounter, one of the dogs got loose from its leash and chased the cubs up a tree, prompting the adult bear to run after the dog. — Richard Ramos, CBS News, 28 June 2026

Studies have shown that up to ten per cent of first-time mothers die in childbirth, as do more than sixty per cent of firstborn cubs. — Elizabeth Kolbert, New Yorker, 22 June 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. — Finch Walker, USA Today, 17 June 2026

Yellowstone visitors also found themselves on the wrong end of an encounter with a protective mother bear and her cubs near Old Faithful. — Amber Harding Outkick, FOXNews.com, 16 June 2026

The attacks that do happen turn on particular bad luck, a surprise meeting at close range or a female defending cubs. — John Drake, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026

While your first instinct may be to help, young cubs (also known as kits) are often left unattended while their parents hunt for food, and intervening too quickly can sometimes do more harm than good. — Michelle Mastro, Martha Stewart, 13 June 2026