youngster
- noun
- /ˈjʌŋstər/
- We shared deep interests in helping youngsters get the best possible start in life.
- help youngsters
- youngsters in school
- youngsters aged
We're having these beers and there's four youngsters playing.
- We're having these beers and there's four youngsters playing.
- I remember those days as a youngster working in in Hollywood.
- And often times the apology videos are coming from youngsters or younger Youtubers.
- This courageous youngster has proven those people wrong.
- Yes, Missus Conan, did you see any youngsters outside this morning?
- They forget that the child, the youngster coming on, does not have mature judgement.
- Only way I forgive Papa John's is if they let black youngsters do a commercial.
- But it's it's time now for the block to start helping the youngsters get to places we never got to.
- I see why she would flirt with this youngster.
- I said, yo, youngster, yo, you got to get your ass out there and vote.
- You have to move asides and let the youngsters come in.
Examples
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When this contact is established, the youngsters are encouraged to accept more extensive types of help.
Academic text (2008) -
One lucky youngster will move on and race for the championship tomorrow.
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I remember those days as a youngster working in in Hollywood.
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I know that from my earliest years as a youngster, I knew I wanted to work.
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We could end up with youngsters who can read, but who are fat.
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Consider for a moment that these youngsters might remember more if they were comfortable.
Academic text (1991) -
This courageous youngster has proven those people wrong.
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When I was still a youngster, Anja began stealing his programs and selling them.
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You know, we get a lot of runaways, bad apples, youngsters who aren't too happy with the way things are at home.
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That youngster over there just scored the winning goal for their team.
Synonyms
A young person, usually a child
A young person who is not yet an adult, often a son or daughter
A person between 13 and 19 years old
A child or teenager who is not yet an adult
A person who is not yet an adult by law
A young child who has just started to walk, usually one to three years old
A young person, often a boy or young man
A young child
A young person who is not yet an adult
A child who goes to primary or secondary school
A young child who goes to school before starting primary school
A young person who is new to a job
A young child who is lively and often naughty
A friendly way to say child or young animal
A child aged nine to twelve who is not yet a teenager
A child or young person in British English
A child or baby animal not yet fully grown
A young child
A small child or young goat that people talk about in a loving, informal way
A small child, often a boy, who is playful or naughty
A child aged nine to twelve who is not yet a teenager
Young children who are not yet adults
A child aged about nine to twelve who is not yet a teenager
A child younger than thirteen who is about to become a teenager
A very small child
A young child in old or local language
An old word for a child, often a boy
Antonyms
How Young
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Youngster is simply young plus the old ending -ster, a part that meant 'person' in words like spinster. So youngster literally means a 'young person', which is why we use it for a child or young person.