youngster
/ˈjʌŋstə/noun
A child or young person.
Example sentence
- “A group of youngsters was playing football in the park.”
Warm but distinctly old-fashioned; it marks the speaker as older. 'Kid' is the neutral informal choice.
Related words
childA young person who has not yet grown into an adult.kidA child or young person; informally, it can also refer to a young adult.youthThe early stage of life after childhood and before full adulthood; sometimes the whole period from infancy to becoming an adult.babyA very young child, from birth until around the time it learns to walk.adolescentA young person who has passed puberty but has not yet become an adult.newbornA baby that has just been born.