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
• teenagers
• monkeys
• buds
• younglings
• whelps
• kiddies
• kiddos
• moppets
• bambinos
• teens
• adolescents
• sprouts
• bairns
• sprats
• infants
• squirts
• toddlers
• chaps
• minors
• newborn
• preschoolers
• neonates
• nestlings
• schoolchildren
• tykes
• kindergartners
• weanlings
• schoolboys
• schoolkids
• rascals
• rug rats
• schoolgirls
• tots
• babes
• urchins
• imps
• teeners
• lads
• cherubs
• rogues
• whippersnappers
• bantlings
• hellions
• preteens
• rapscallions
• teenyboppers
• subteens
• devils
• 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

The Smithsonian National Zoo welcomed five cheetah cubs this month. — Brittney Melton, NPR, 16 Oct. 2026

One early Saturday morning in June of 2025, a pair of very small raccoon cubs, about six weeks old, were strolling around the yard, exploring their world. — Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2026

Of those, 80% involved cubs or female bears accompanied by cubs. — CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026

To give the episodes shape, each is broken up into several mini-narratives, such as a mother cheetah learning to adapt her hunting style to mountainous rocky terrain in order to catch prey for her hungry cubs. — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 4 Oct. 2026

Ramona Bass, chairman of the Fort Worth Zoo, expressed optimism about the cubs' arrival in a press release on Friday. — Yi-Jin Yu, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026

Permits do not allow for cubs or bears that are with their cubs to be killed. — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 28 Sep. 2026

Grazer put up a fight against Chunk to defend her cubs, but one cub died after the encounter. — Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 25 Sep. 2026