stripling | Definition of stripling

Synonyms and Antonyms of stripling

a male person who has not yet reached adulthood

the young boxer looked like a mere stripling next to his larger, more seasoned opponent

Synonyms of stripling

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

Words Related to stripling

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