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Synonyms & Antonyms for cub
Synonyms
abecedarian, apprentice, babe, beginner, colt, fledgling, freshman, greenhorn, neophyte, newbie, newcomer, novice, novitiate, punk, recruit, rook, rookie, tenderfoot, tyro, virgin
Antonyms
old hand, old-timer, vet, veteran
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The pandas produced five cubs over 20 years, but none survived. — Sophie Lewis, CBS News, "Could the trade war with China cost the U.S. its pandas?," 29 Aug. 2019 Real lion kings hunt the youngest and weakest members of herds, occasionally kill cubs to ensure their own mating rights and aren't as monogamous as Simba appears to be. — Brian Lowry, CNN, "'The Lion King' roars into Disney realm of animals just like us," 18 July 2019 The park is the latest bit of good news for the panda: The most recent census, released in 2015, estimated a total wild population of 1,864 bears (not including cubs), up from a low of around 1,200 in the 1980s. — National Geographic, "China’s new panda park will be three times bigger than Yellowstone," 10 May 2019 Detroit Zoo plays matchmaker for polar bears During her time in Rochester, Aurora gave birth to five cubs between 1996 and 2002, one of which died not long after his birth. — Victoria E. Freile, USA TODAY, "Beloved polar bear, Aurora, dies at New York zoo," 8 Mar. 2018 Recently, Waterton Canyon in Colorado became a home for two mother bears, who each had two cubs. — Megan Friedman, Country Living, "People Are Taking So Many Selfies With Bears, a Wildlife Park Had to Shut Down," 16 Sep. 2015 There's also meteor showers, unrest in Hong Kong and two white lion cubs. — NBC News, "Trump wants to buy ... Greenland? Plus Israel's 'watershed moment' and the week in pictures," 16 Aug. 2019 On Thursday, mom Neliah and dad Tobias welcomed an African lion cub. — Carina Julig, The Denver Post, "Hakuna matata! A new lion cub was born at the Denver Zoo," 31 July 2019 The protagonist is a white lion cub named Kimba, whose father (the jungle king) is murdered. — Hannah Denham, Washington Post, "‘Lion King’ has been clouded by intellectual property controversy for 25 years. Here’s the story behind it.," 26 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'cub.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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