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Synonyms for stripling

  • noun

Most common

boy youth teen youngster

All synonyms

Noun

1. Youth — A young man in the state of adolescence, or just passing from boyhood to manhood; a lad.

youth, lad UK, youngster, boy, teen, teenager, adolescent, son, sapling, shaveling, springald dated rare

Other

juvenile

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A young man in the state of adolescence, or just passing from boyhood to manhood; a lad. .

Forms

Plural
striplings → youths, lads, youngsters, boys…

Example sentences

  • boy That boy who is speaking English is taller than I.
  • youth My nephew was excused on the grounds of his youth.
  • teen Layla started wearing the hijab in her teen years.
  • youngster The youngster resented being treated as a coward.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
striplingrising
boyrising
youthsteady
teenrising
youngsterfalling

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

By length

3 letters
son1, boy1, lad1
4 letters
teen1
5 letters
youth1
7 letters
sapling2
8 letters
teenager3, juvenile3
9 letters
youngster2, shaveling, springald
10 letters
adolescent4

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (sapling2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
jouvenceau