youngins
The small fry
Youngins is informal or dialectal for young ones—children or young people generally.
The word appears in Southern American English and African American Vernacular English, often carrying affectionate or folksy connotations: Get the youngins to bed, Back when I was a youngin.
Also spelled younguns or young'uns.
Informal term for children
- tykesSmall children, fondly
- totsVery young children
- moppetsSmall, endearing children
- ankle-bitersSlang for small children
whippersnappers · sprouts · tads · urchins · bairns · little ones · youngsters · small fry
Very young children
- toddlersVery young children
- infantsVery young children
- newbornsRecently delivered infants
- progenyOne's biological descendants
descendants · heirs · brood · issue · little ones · spawn · seedlings · saplings
kiddos
Informal term for children
ankle-biters · whippersnappers · sprouts · tads · urchins · bairns · little ones · youngsters · small fry · rugrats
babies
Very young children
progeny · descendants · heirs · brood · issue · little ones · spawn · seedlings · saplings · fledglings
greenhorns
Inexperienced beginners
- rookiesInexperienced beginners in profession
- novicesInexperienced newcomers
- neophytesInexperienced newcomers
fledglings · newbies · tenderfeet · amateurs · beginners · freshmen · newcomers · initiates · recruits · apprentices
younginselders
Senior community members
old folks · old-timers · seniors · elderly · oldsters
younginsforebears
Ancestral family members
ancestors · predecessors · older generation · grandparents · grandfolks