WHELPS Synonyms: 108 Similar and Opposite Words

whelps 1 of 2

noun

plural of whelp

as in kids

a young person who is between infancy and adulthood playtime's over, it's time to gather up the whelps and head home

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whelps

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of whelp

as in litters

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Noun

The fairgrounds on Tully Road will have Alaskan pigs racing, kids screaming on carnival rides and the usual assortment of huge corndogs, strawberry shortcakes and a variety of new fair food like tamales, bao buns and kabobs.

— Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 22 Aug. 2026
The burning of fossil fuels is poisoning the air our kids breathe and endangering their present and future by overheating our planet.

— Catarina Rolfsdotter-Jansson, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of kids

Verb

Molluscum is caused by a virus and spawns the pimple-like bumps.

— Kara Nesvig, Allure, 10 Aug. 2026
But the software wrapped around it reinserts the objective on every turn, stores progress to a file, spawns subagents, retries on failure, and keeps going until a verifier says the task is done.

— Ashish Bhatia, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of spawns

Noun

There have been no arrests made in relation to the death, police told CNN, but the father of one of Fortune’s children was arrested shortly after the discovery of her body on unrelated weapons charges, jail records show.

— Chris Boyette, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026
Things can get even more complicated when several children or grandchildren inherit the property.

— Jim Dobson, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of children

Verb

While Martin Scorsese called it one of the scariest movies of all time, The Uninvited kindles a wonderful romance between Rick and Stella.

— Steven Thrash, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Oct. 2025
The star of Big Little Lies confessed her new film, Caught Stealing, kindles a powerful yearning for some aspects of the era.

— Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 1 Sep. 2025

Definition of kindles

Noun

Last year, zoo officials took in a trio of 3-month-old cubs, Fern, Thistle, and Spruce, after their mom was likely struck and killed by a car.

— Jasmine Mendez Follow, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2026
The bear did not show signs of nursing and there were no cubs in the area, CPW said.

— Katie Langford, Denver Post, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of cubs

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