whippersnapper as a noun: - 1
whippersnapper
noun
1 whippersnapper
Someone who is unimportant but cheeky and presumptuous.
synonyms: jackanapes, lightweight.
Roget 129:
infant,
babe,
baby,
babe in arms;
nurseling,
suckling,
yearling,
weanling;
papoose,
bambino;
kid;
vagitus.
child,
bairn [Scot.],
little one,
brat,
chit,
pickaninny,
urchin;
bantling,
bratling†;
elf.
youth,
boy,
lad,
stripling,
youngster,
youngun,
younker†,
callant†,
whipster†,
whippersnapper,
whiffet [U.S.],
schoolboy,
hobbledehoy,
hopeful,
cadet,
minor,
master.
scion;
sap,
seedling;
tendril,
olive branch,
nestling,
chicken,
larva,
chrysalis,
tadpole,
whelp,
cub,
pullet,
fry,
callow;
codlin, codling;
foetus,
calf,
colt,
pup,
foal,
kitten;
lamb,
lambkin†;
aurelia†,
caterpillar,
cocoon,
nymph,
nympha†,
orphan,
pupa,
staddle†.
girl;
lass,
lassie;
wench,
miss,
damsel,
demoiselle;
maid,
maiden;
virgin;
hoyden.
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Dutch: druipneus, loopneus, snotaap, snotneus
Moby thesaurus: JD, a nobody, a nothing, boldface, brat, brazenface, chutzpanik, cipher, common man, dummy, elf, enfant terrible, figurehead, gamin, holy terror, hussy, imp, insignificancy, jackstraw, juvenile delinquent, lightweight, little fellow, little guy, little monkey, malapert, man of straw, mediocrity, minx, nebbish, nobody, nobody one knows, nonentity, nothing, nullity, obscurity, pip-squeak, puck, punk, punk kid, pup, puppy, runt, saucebox, scrub, shrimp, small fry, small potato, small potatoes, smart aleck, smart-ass, smarty, smarty-pants, spoiled brat, squirt, squit, swaggerer, upstart, urchin, whiffet, wise guy, wise-ass, zero, zilch ... show more.
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