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youngster
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young·ster  (yngstr)
n.
1. A young person; a child or youth.
2. A young animal.
3. A member of the second-year class in the U.S. Naval Academy.

youngster [ˈjʌŋstə]
n
1. (Sociology) a young person; child or youth
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) a young animal, esp a horse
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.youngsteryoungster - a young person of either sex; "she writes books for children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British term for youngster"
child's body - the body of a human child
juvenile, juvenile person - a young person, not fully developed
bairn - a child: son or daughter
buster - a robust child
changeling - a child secretly exchanged for another in infancy
child prodigy, infant prodigy, wonder child - a prodigy whose talents are recognized at an early age; "Mozart was a child prodigy"
foster child, foster-child, fosterling - a child who is raised by foster parents
scamp, imp, monkey, rapscallion, rascal, scalawag, scallywag - one who is playfully mischievous
kiddy - a young child
orphan - a child who has lost both parents
peanut - a young child who is small for his age
picaninny, piccaninny, pickaninny - (ethnic slur) offensive term for a Black child
poster child - a child afflicted by some disease or deformity whose picture is used on posters to raise money for charitable purposes; "she was the poster child for muscular dystrophy"
kindergartener, kindergartner, preschooler - a child who attends a preschool or kindergarten
silly - a word used for misbehaving children; "don't be a silly"
sprog - a child
bambino, toddler, yearling, tot - a young child
urchin - poor and often mischievous city child
street child, waif - a homeless child especially one forsaken or orphaned; "street children beg or steal in order to survive"

youngster
noun youth, girl, boy, kid (informal), lad, teenager, juvenile, cub, young person, lass, young adult, pup (informal, chiefly Brit.), urchin, teenybopper (slang), young shaver (informal), young 'un (informal) Other youngsters are not so lucky.
Translations
youngster [ˈjʌŋstəʳ] Njoven mf
youngster [ˈjʌŋstər] n (= young person) → jeune mf (= child) → enfant mf
youngster
n (= boy)Junge m; (= child)Kind nt; he’s just a youngsterer ist eben noch jung or ein Kind
youngster [ˈjʌŋstəʳ] n (child) → bambino/a; (young person) → giovane m/f
youngster [ˈjʌŋstəʳ] n (child) → bambino/a; (young person) → giovane m/f


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