shaveling | Definition of shaveling

Synonyms and Antonyms of shaveling

a male person who has not yet reached adulthood

ever since he was a shaveling, he's wanted to be an airline pilot, just like his dad

Synonyms of shaveling

boy, boychick (or boychik), boyo [Irish], callant [chiefly Scottish], lad, laddie, nipper, shaver, sonny, stripling, tad, youth

Words Related to shaveling

adolescent, juvenile, kid, kiddie (also kiddy), kiddo, minor, moppet, teenager, tween, youngling, youngster

brat, gamin, guttersnipe, hobbledehoy, imp, squirt, urchin, whippersnapper

toddler, tot, tyke (also tike)

mama's boy, mollycoddle