Synonyms of youngster

youngster

noun

ˈyəŋ(k)-stər 

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of youngster

While the task is admirable and needed, the method is comparable to blindfolding a youngster and asking him or her to pin the tail on the donkey. —Chicago Tribune, 28 Mar. 2025

At any one time, there are three iterations: Dawn, the youngster learning the ropes; Day, the de facto ruler; and Dusk, the former main man who now advises his younger self. —Richard Edwards, Space.com, 26 Mar. 2025

Moving forward, these same youngsters will be skeptical of authority in ways their elders were not, regardless of their political affiliation. —Michael Ashley, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025

Last season, by selling Riyad Mahrez, Aymeric Laporte, Cole Palmer and a slew of other youngsters, City’s profit on player sales figure hit a club-record £139m. —Chris Weatherspoon, The Athletic, 19 Mar. 2025