Synonyms of youngling

youngling

noun

ˈyəŋ-liŋ 

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• kid
• child
• cub
• chick
• youngster
• whelp
• juvenile
• youth
• teenager
• moppet
• kiddo
• baby
• adolescent
• bud
• monkey
• kiddie
• bairn
• teen
• sprout
• sprat
• infant
• toddler
• bambino
• chap
• squirt
• neonate
• newborn
• minor
• bantling
• preschooler
• tyke
• kindergartner
• schoolchild
• hellion
• schoolkid
• weanling
• lad
• whippersnapper
• imp
• schoolboy
• stripling
• urchin
• tot
• nestling
• rascal
• cherub
• preteen
• mischief
• schoolgirl
• rogue
• tween
• rapscallion
• nipper
• babe
• jackanapes
• rug rat
• teener
• teenybopper
• shaver
• devil
• tomboy
• subteen
• hoyden
• tad
• bobby-soxer
• preteen-ager

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• adult
• grown-up
• elder
• oldster
• ancient
• senior citizen
• old-timer
• middle-ager
• senior
• golden-ager

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of youngling

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

All the younglings were talking about it, though none had seen it. — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 29 May 2025