youngster
[noun]
Synonyms: youth, boy, girl, juvenile, kid (informal), lad, lass, teenager

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English Thesaurus: child, kid, little boy/little girl, teenager, adolescent, ...

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young‧ster S3 /ˈjʌŋstə $ -ər/ noun [countable]
[Word Family: noun: young, youngster, youth, youthfulness; adjective: young, youthful; adverb: youthfully]
old-fashioned a child or young person

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child someone who is not yet an adult. You don’t usually use child to talk about babies or teenagers:
Many children are scared of the dark.
He’s just a child.
kid informal a child. Kid is the usual word to use in everyday spoken English:
We left the kids in the car.
little boy/little girl a young male or female child:
I lived there when I was a little girl.
Little boys love dinosaurs.
teenager someone between the ages of 13 and 19:
There’s not much for teenagers to do around here.
adolescent a young person who is developing into an adult – used especially when talking about the problems these people have:
He changed from a cheerful child to a confused adolescent.
youth especially disapproving a teenage boy – especially one who is violent and commits crimes:
He was attacked by a gang of youths.
a youth court
youngster a child or young person – used especially by old people:
You youngsters have got your whole life ahead of you.
He’s a bright youngster with a good sense of humour.
minor law someone who is not yet legally an adult:
It is illegal to sell alcohol to a minor.

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