stripling[noun]Synonyms: boy, lad, laddie, shaveling, son, tad
[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
strip‧ling /ˈstrɪplɪŋ/
noun [countable][
Date: 1300-1400;
Origin: Probably from ⇒ strip2 + -ling; from the idea of being thin]
old-fashioned a boy who is almost a young man – sometimes used humorously about a man who is quite old
Synonym : youth [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲