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sprout

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of sprout

1 a young person who is between infancy and adulthood

he earned the admiration of the neighborhood sprouts when he showed them how to make a slingshot

Synonyms of sprout

bairn [chiefly Scottish], bambino, bud, chap [Southern & Midland], chick, child, cub, juvenile, kid, kiddie (also kiddy), kiddo, moppet, sprat, squirt, whelp, youngling, youngster, youth

Words Related to sprout

adolescent, minor

kindergartner (also kindergartener), preschooler, rug rat [slang], schoolboy, schoolchild, schoolgirl, schoolkid

babe, baby, bantling, infant, neonate, nestling, newborn, toddler, tot, tyke (also tike), weanling

brat, devil, hellion, imp, jackanapes, mischief, monkey, rapscallion, rascal, rogue, urchin, whippersnapper

preteen, preteen-ager, subteen, teen, teenager, teener, teenybopper, tween

lad, nipper, shaver, stripling, tad

bobby-soxer, hoyden, tomboy

Near Antonyms of sprout

ancient, elder, golden-ager, oldster, old-timer, senior, senior citizen

Antonyms of sprout

adult, grown-up

2 a branch of a main stem especially of a plant

the raspberry bushes began sending out sprouts in early spring

Synonyms of sprout

offshoot, outgrowth, shoot

Words Related to sprout

excrescence, growth

bough, branchlet, limb, twig

spray, sprig, spur

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