Definition of youngster Youngster

/jʌˈŋstɚ/ - [yungster] - young•ster

We found 5 definitions of youngster from 5 different sources.

What does youngster mean?

WordNet

Noun
youngster - a young person of either sex; "she writes books for children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British term for youngster"
		child, kid, minor, shaver, nipper, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, fry, nestling
		juvenile, juvenile person a young person, not fully developed
		child's body the body of a human child
		bairn a child: son or daughter
		buster a person (or thing) that breaks up or overpowers something; "dam buster"; "sanction buster"; "crime buster"
		changeling a child secretly exchanged for another in infancy
		child prodigy, infant prodigy, wonder child a prodigy whose talents are recognized at an early age; "Mozart was a child prodigy"
		foster-child, foster child, fosterling a child who is raised by foster parents
		scamp, imp, monkey, rapscallion, rascal, scalawag, scallywag one who is playfully mischievous
		kiddy a young child
		orphan a young animal without a mother
		peanut pod of the peanut vine containing usually 2 nuts or seeds; `groundnut' and `monkey nut' are British terms
		picaninny, piccaninny, pickaninny (ethnic slur) offensive term for a Black child
		poster child a child afflicted by some disease or deformity whose picture is used on posters to raise money for charitable purposes; "she was the poster child for muscular dystrophy"
		kindergartener, kindergartner, preschooler a child who attends a preschool or kindergarten
		silly a word used for misbehaving children; "don't be a silly"
		sprog a child
		bambino, toddler, tot, yearling a young child
		urchin poor and often mischievous city child