Standard Lemma guide

youngster

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈjʌŋstə/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /ˈjʌŋstɚ/
  • CMU ARPABET: Y AH1 NG S T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A young person.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a young person of either sex

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • she writes books for children
  • they're just kids
  • `tiddler' is a British term for youngster

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: child, kid, minor, shaver, nipper, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, fry, nestling

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: juvenile, juvenile person

Narrower terms: bairn, buster, changeling, child prodigy, infant prodigy, wonder child, foster-child, foster child, fosterling, imp, scamp, monkey, rascal, rapscallion, scalawag, scallywag, kiddy, orphan, peanut, pickaninny, piccaninny, picaninny, poster child, preschooler, kindergartner, kindergartener, silly, sprog, toddler, yearling, tot, bambino, urchin, waif, street child

History

Etymology

From young + -ster. Attested from the early 17th century.

Across languages

Translations

60 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: պատանի (patani) — a young person
  • Chinese Mandarin: 小孩 (xiǎohái) — a young person
  • Chinese Mandarin: 年輕人 /年轻人 (niánqīngrén) — a young person
  • Chinese Mandarin: 小伙子 (xiǎohuǒzi) — a young person
  • Dutch: jongere — a young person
  • Estonian: noor — a young person
  • Finnish: nuori ihminen — a young person
  • Finnish: nuorukainen — a young person
  • French: ado — a young person
  • French: enfant — a young person
  • Galician: mozo — a young person
  • Galician: moza — a young person
  • Georgian: ყმაწვილი (q̇mac̣vili) — a young person
  • Georgian: ჭაბუკი (č̣abuḳi) — a young person
  • Georgian: ახალგაზრდა (axalgazrda) — a young person
  • Hungarian: ifjonc — a young person
  • Hungarian: ifjú — a young person
  • Hungarian: siheder — a young person
  • Ido: yuno — a young person
  • Irish: gearrchaile — a young person
  • Irish: gearrbhodach — a young person
  • Irish: aosánach — a young person
  • Irish: gadsaide — a young person
  • Irish: gasúr — a young person
  • Irish: giosa — a young person
  • Irish: giotachán — a young person
  • Irish: lorán — a young person
  • Irish: macán — a young person
  • Irish: malra — a young person
  • Irish: malrach — a young person
  • Irish: sutach — a young person
  • Japanese: 若者 (wakamono) — a young person
  • Japanese: 小僧 (kozō) — a young person
  • Macedonian: младинец (mladinec) — a young person
  • Macedonian: момче (momče) — a young person
  • Māori: karekata — a young person
  • Marshallese: boea — a young person
  • Navajo: chąąmąʼii — a young person
  • Persian: جوانک (javânak) — a young person
  • Persian: نوباوه (nowbâve) — a young person
  • Polish: młodzieniec — a young person
  • Polish: młodzik — a young person
  • Portuguese: jovem — a young person
  • Russian: ю́ноша (júnoša) — a young person
  • Russian: юне́ц (junéc) — a young person
  • Russian: мале́ц (maléc) — a young person
  • Russian: моло́дчик (molódčik) — a young person
  • Russian: детёнок (detjónok) — a young person
  • Scottish Gaelic: òigear — a young person
  • Scottish Gaelic: òganach — a young person
  • Spanish: jovenzuelo — a young person
  • Spanish: jovenzón — a young person
  • Swedish: yngling — a young person
  • Tamil: இளைஞன் (iḷaiñaṉ) — a young person
  • Tamil: வாலிபன் (vālipaṉ) — a young person
  • Ottoman Turkish: اوغلان (oğlan) — a young person
  • Ottoman Turkish: اوشاق (uşak) — a young person
  • Ottoman Turkish: شاب (şab) — a young person
  • Welsh: glaslanc — a young person
  • Yiddish: בחור (bokher) — a young person
Real reading context

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