as in kid
a young person who is between infancy and adulthood
she quit babysitting when she got tired of wrangling younglings who weren't even her own
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Recent Examples of youngling
Baby animals by themselves are often not actually abandoned
Young animals may seem alone, Heilbrun said, but their parents are typically close by and will come back to care for the youngling.
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Yvette Orozco, Houston Chronicle, 3 May 2026
The fiddly build and lack of play features make this a Lego set that's better suited for collectors rather than younglings.
—Rich Owen, Space.com, 29 Nov. 2025
In theory, that should appeal to a member of the Yautja clan, or — as the case may be — a runty youngling determined to prove his worth and be accepted into his father’s clan.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 4 Nov. 2025
So after gathering all the adults who had tried to exert influence over the hybrids in a holding cell, Wendy laid down the new laws of the land while her Xenomorph and its chestburster youngling watched menacingly on.
—Megan McCluskey, Time, 24 Sep. 2025
But even younglings with a limited attention span, who can't sit still for an entire feature film, will forever have a connection to the screen icon who died Tuesday at the age of 89.
—Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Sep. 2025
The Jedi who weren’t good enough yet for anything else—the younglings.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 29 May 2025
Yvette Orozco, Houston Chronicle, 3 May 2026
The fiddly build and lack of play features make this a Lego set that's better suited for collectors rather than younglings.
—Rich Owen, Space.com, 29 Nov. 2025
In theory, that should appeal to a member of the Yautja clan, or — as the case may be — a runty youngling determined to prove his worth and be accepted into his father’s clan.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 4 Nov. 2025
So after gathering all the adults who had tried to exert influence over the hybrids in a holding cell, Wendy laid down the new laws of the land while her Xenomorph and its chestburster youngling watched menacingly on.
—Megan McCluskey, Time, 24 Sep. 2025
But even younglings with a limited attention span, who can't sit still for an entire feature film, will forever have a connection to the screen icon who died Tuesday at the age of 89.
—Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Sep. 2025
The Jedi who weren’t good enough yet for anything else—the younglings.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 29 May 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for youngling
Noun
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The kid from Sin City looked like a winner from the first pull, gaining 777 receiving yards with three TDs as a rookie.—
Tim Graham,
New York Times,
21 May 2026
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Many other people reject formal education (for other people, though usually not for their own kids) as unnecessary to attaining the highest ranks of wealth and power.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 May 2026
Noun
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About 1,000 children with intellectual disabilities from 26 states and Canada who ranged in age from 8 to 18 gathered at Soldier Field in Chicago to compete in 200 events.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
23 May 2026
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Louise Temple gave birth to daughter Pandora Precious at 32 weeks old in March, after a prenatal scan revealed the child had no heartbeat, according to Kennedy News & Media.—
Nicholas Rice,
PEOPLE,
23 May 2026
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“Youngling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/youngling. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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