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
Players start off delving through a dungeon fighting rust beasts, when Stamp runs into a ragtag group of youngsters who call their gang BB.
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Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 18 Apr. 2025
Ibragimov – who moved to Manchester, England, as a youngster and has siblings who are part of the Manchester United academy – has a long journey ahead of him in his MMA career.
—Ben Morse, CNN Money, 17 Apr. 2025
Charlotte Burke, 7, a second-grader from Vernon Hills, had a photo opportunity with the Tyrannosaurus rex with the youngster’s head inside the dinosaur’s mouth.
—Karie Angell Luc, Chicago Tribune, 7 Apr. 2025
The Mets wouldn't want to part ways with any of their favorite prospects to land Robert, but this trio of youngsters should be enough to get a deal done.
—Matt Robison, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Apr. 2025
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Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 18 Apr. 2025
Ibragimov – who moved to Manchester, England, as a youngster and has siblings who are part of the Manchester United academy – has a long journey ahead of him in his MMA career.
—Ben Morse, CNN Money, 17 Apr. 2025
Charlotte Burke, 7, a second-grader from Vernon Hills, had a photo opportunity with the Tyrannosaurus rex with the youngster’s head inside the dinosaur’s mouth.
—Karie Angell Luc, Chicago Tribune, 7 Apr. 2025
The Mets wouldn't want to part ways with any of their favorite prospects to land Robert, but this trio of youngsters should be enough to get a deal done.
—Matt Robison, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for youngster
Noun
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Campbell was the kid who trained with the same private track coach.—
Brooks Kubena,
New York Times,
1 May 2025
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The trend, like so many before it, is exactly what kids love the most.—
Annabelle Canela,
Parents,
1 May 2025
Noun
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Most of the justices sounded sympathetic to a group of Maryland parents who want their elementary school children excused from class when the books are being read.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2025
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The surface contained scores of portraits made by children with baker’s clay, then turned into 42 bronze panels.—
Robert Taylor,
Mercury News,
22 Apr. 2025
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“Youngster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/youngster. Accessed 6 May. 2025.
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