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

Bear #909 started the season with two cubs, but now lost both. — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 10 Sep. 2026

Even at 2 months old, Babilis said, the cubs have already developed sharp claws and teeth that make handling them a challenge. — ABC News, 8 Sep. 2026

Bears should just be moving through your property, not sticking around to play, nurse their cubs, or eat. — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 7 Sep. 2026

One of the three cubs had escaped on its own before rescuers arrived and has since been reunited with its family. — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 31 Aug. 2026

Footage released by the Los Angeles County Fire Department shows the mother bear and two of her cubs exiting the tank. — Denis Akbari, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2026

Out on the pack ice, a mother polar bear and her two cubs were feeding on a bearded seal. — Sarah Kingdom, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026

One of the three cubs escaped and was sitting in a nearby tree when rescuers arrived, The Riverside Press-Enterprise said. — Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 30 Aug. 2026

Hunting a lady tiger with cubs posed some special problems, so Upendra Singh went to his father for advice. — Leslie E. Tassell, Outdoor Life, 27 Aug. 2026