Thesaurus results for JUNIOR MISS

junior miss

noun

Definition of junior miss

as in subdebutante

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Recent Examples of junior miss Pageant director Makenzie Kooi said little miss candidates are between 6 and 9, junior miss contestants between 10 and 12, teen between 13 and 15 and those who wish to be Miss Waukegan between 16 and 22. — Steve Sadin, chicagotribune.com, 5 July 2021

Recent Examples of Synonyms for junior miss

Noun

At the time, Jackson was pop’s fastest-rising star, having bridged the teenybopper mania of the Jackson 5 with mature disco-soul hits on his 1979 solo breakthrough, Off the Wall.

— Greg Poole, Rolling Stone, 5 Mar. 2026
The show sent her to malls to meet fans, fashioning her into a teenybopper starlet.

— Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2025

Definition of teenybopper

Noun

Though clearly not human, Nanno (Chicha Amatayakul) is just a schoolgirl who wants to have fun.

— Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026
Among the various aspects of the movie that its English title refers to, not least is the unhinged rampage Lina unleashes at a couple of schoolgirls, a gringa loca on the razor’s edge.

— Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 14 May 2026

Definition of schoolgirl

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Getty Images The MLB best home run bets slipped to an 18-65 record, with three no-bets after two misses on home run props for Chase DeLauter and Julio Rodriguez on Wednesday.

— Josh Shepardson, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Reese comes blazing into MetLife out of Ohio State, and Carter, despite more misses than hits in his rookie season, is poised to be a star.

— Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 1 Aug. 2026