as in kid
a young person who is between infancy and adulthood
a herd of youngsters following their nature guide like ducklings after a mother duck
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Recent Examples of youngster
The Penguins, who are strongly considering keeping the 18-year-old Kindel and the 19-year-old Brunicke in the NHL all season, don’t want the youngsters playing 82 games.
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Josh Yohe, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2025
Here was a youngster having a vision of a horror that everyone older was denying.
—Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 25 Oct. 2025
Their characters try to help when the Fisherman, a hook-wielding murderous menace in a rain slicker, returns to haunt yet another group of youngsters with no respect for road safety.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
The regime change came in the wake of protests led by thousands of youngsters, sparked by corruption and lack of essential services such as water and power, with Randrianirina promising free and fair elections within two years.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 20 Oct. 2025
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Josh Yohe, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2025
Here was a youngster having a vision of a horror that everyone older was denying.
—Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 25 Oct. 2025
Their characters try to help when the Fisherman, a hook-wielding murderous menace in a rain slicker, returns to haunt yet another group of youngsters with no respect for road safety.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
The regime change came in the wake of protests led by thousands of youngsters, sparked by corruption and lack of essential services such as water and power, with Randrianirina promising free and fair elections within two years.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 20 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for youngster
Noun
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The driveway was already full of other cars arriving and various parents and kids taking photos like crazy and squealing.—
Rachel Raposas,
PEOPLE,
7 Nov. 2025
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They were married in 1968, with Miguel Bezos adopting her young son, and had two more kids, Christina and Mark.—
Vinod Sreeharsha,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Under the public trees, children ran exultantly between cars.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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Villages have been burned, civilians executed, and children targeted.—
Kim Aris,
Time,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Youngster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/youngster. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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