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youngling

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Synonyms and Antonyms of youngling

a young person who is between infancy and adulthood

I quit babysitting when I got tired of wrangling younglings who weren't even my own.

Synonyms of youngling

bambino, bud, chick, child, cub, juvenile, kid, kiddie (also kiddy), kiddo, moppet, squirt, whelp, youngster, youth

Words Related to youngling

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, 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 youngling

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

Antonyms of youngling

adult, grown-up

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