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nipper

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of nipper

a male person who has not yet reached adulthood

the little nipper can't quite reach the cabinet

Synonyms of nipper

boy, boychick (or boychik), boyo [Irish], callant [chiefly Scottish], lad, laddie, shaveling, shaver, sonny, stripling, tad, youth

Words Related to nipper

adolescent, juvenile, kid, kiddie (also kiddy), kiddo, minor, moppet, teenager, tween, youngling, youngster

brat, gamin, guttersnipe, hobbledehoy, imp, squirt, urchin, whippersnapper

toddler, tot, tyke (also tike)

mama's boy, mollycoddle

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