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Synonyms & Antonyms of whippersnapper
- some young whippersnapper piped up with a pointless comment
Synonyms for whippersnapper
- cipher,
- dwarf,
- half-pint,
- insect,
- insignificancy,
- lightweight,
- morsel,
- nobody,
- nonentity,
- nothing,
- nullity,
- number,
- pip-squeak,
- pygmy
- (also pigmy),
- shrimp,
- snippersnapper,
- twerp,
- zero,
- zilch
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The first known use of whippersnapper was in 1700
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