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youngling

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of youngling

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 of youngling

bairn [chiefly Scottish], bambino, bud, chap [Southern & Midland], chick, child, cub, juvenile, kid, kiddie (also kiddy), kiddo, moppet, sprat, sprout, 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, jackanapes, mischief, 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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