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youngster
youngster
/ˈjʌŋstə/
noun
A young person.
Example sentence
“They're typical youngsters.”
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Related words
child
A person who has not yet reached adulthood, whether natural (puberty), cultural (initiation), or legal (majority).
kid
A child, adolescent, or (loosely) a young adult.
youth
The part of life following childhood; the period of existence preceding maturity or age; the whole early part of life, from childhood, or, sometimes, from infancy, to adulthood.
baby
A very young human, particularly from birth to a couple of years old or until walking is fully mastered.
adolescent
A person who is in adolescence; someone who has reached puberty but is not yet an adult.
newborn
A recently born baby.