Synonyms for lamb

Most common

lambkin · yeanling · sheepling

All synonyms

Noun

Definitions

1. n. 1

   A young sheep; especially, one younger than nine months.

   Mary had a little lamb, its fleece as white as snow.

Related words

Word family

lambkill lambkin lamblike lambling lambskin

Phrases

lamb's quarters lamb's tongue lamb's-quarter beaver lamb lamb's ears skin the lamb spider lamb syndrome vegetable lamb

Is a kind of

sheep ovine caprine caprid goat antelope

Forms

Plural

lambs → muttons, dears, louts, lambkins…

Example sentences

• lambkin The box you designed has the perk of being a good home for the lambkin.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters

dear¹, lout¹

5 letters

sheep¹

6 letters

mutton²

7 letters

lambkin

8 letters

yeanling

9 letters

sheepling

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (mutton² = 2 syllables).