Synonyms of sprat

sprat

noun

ˈsprat 

as in kid

a young person who is between infancy and adulthood

planning to spend their vacation at a couples-only resort where they would not be bothered by snotty-nosed sprats

Synonyms & Similar Words

• kid
• child
• juvenile
• cub
• chick
• bud
• youngster
• teenager
• youth
• moppet
• whelp
• baby
• bairn
• monkey
• kiddie
• kiddo
• squirt
• chap
• adolescent
• youngling
• sprout
• teen
• bambino
• infant
• urchin
• toddler
• neonate
• tyke
• minor
• bantling
• schoolboy
• lad
• tot
• weanling
• rascal
• newborn
• schoolchild
• schoolkid
• nestling
• jackanapes
• preschooler
• rug rat
• whippersnapper
• cherub
• stripling
• imp
• schoolgirl
• nipper
• teener
• devil
• babe
• kindergartner
• hellion
• preteen
• mischief
• tween
• rapscallion
• rogue
• teenybopper
• shaver
• subteen
• tad
• hoyden
• tomboy
• preteen-ager
• bobby-soxer

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• adult
• grown-up
• senior citizen
• oldster
• elder
• middle-ager
• old-timer
• ancient
• senior
• golden-ager

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of sprat

Some 134,000 tons of frozen pelagic fish — such as sardines, anchovies, mackerel, sprats and herring — are thawed and tossed into European tuna cages every year. — Julia Amberger, Nanni Fontana, Marzio Mian, & Nicola Scevola (tr. Elettra Pauletto), The Dial, 3 Apr. 2025

The area also acts as a nursery for fish like lemon sole, plaice, and European sprat. — Lauren Lowman, WIRED, 15 Mar. 2025

Local delicacies include rye bread, sprat sandwiches, the Estonian pastry Pirukad, Mulgipuder which is a porridge of mashed potatoes and barley and Kohuke, a sweet cheese curd and chocolate snack. — Rebecca Ann Hughes, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024

Her family’s Christmas lunch includes two versions of Jansson’s temptation (one with sprats, one without) and, of course, schnapps and singing. — Eric Kim, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2023

If left to swim downstream by themselves, some of the sprats would get lost and overheated in the stagnant reservoirs behind each dam; despite screens, others would be ground up in the turbines. — Patrick Symmes, Harper's magazine, 28 Oct. 2019