little boy
Small male child
A little boy is a young male child, typically under the age of ten or so.
The phrase is unremarkable—just the ordinary combination of adjective and noun: The little boy ran to his mother.
It appears in countless contexts involving children. (Capitalized Little Boy is the atomic bomb.)
Child learning to walk
- youngsterPerson of tender years
- ladBoy or young man
- tykeYoung child, often naughty
- kidChild or young goat
infant · preschooler · kindergartner · youth · juvenile · minor · nipper · urchin
Showing naive amazement
- naiveInnocently unsuspecting
- guilelessFree from deceit
- angelicDivinely pure and good
- pureUnmixed, without impurities
trustful · ingenuous · unworldly · wholesome · unspoiled · unassuming · curious · wonder
toddler
Child learning to walk
kid · infant · preschooler · kindergartner · youth · juvenile · minor · nipper · urchin · fledgling
wide-eyed
Showing naive amazement
pure · trustful · ingenuous · unworldly · wholesome · unspoiled · unassuming · curious · wonder · imaginative
mischievous
Playfully causing trouble
games · toys · pranks · antics · hide-and-seek · tag · hopscotch · marbles · roughhousing · make-believe
- young boysbaby brother
- boyslad, laddie, son, youngster, youth
- Nuclear Armsnuclear arms, nukes, atom bomb, nuclear warheads, hydrogen bombs
little, boy, belittle, petite, littlest, littler, belittling, belittlement, littleness