Thesaurus results for STRIPLING

stripling

noun

ˈstri-pliŋ

as in boy

a male person who has not yet reached adulthood the young boxer looked like a mere stripling next to his larger, more seasoned opponent

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Recent Examples of stripling Mickey Mouse will celebrate his 100th birthday in 2028; now in its 46th year, ESPN is a mere stripling compared to the chipper murine in the funny red pants. —

Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 18 Mar. 2026 More important still, thrilling these ultra-cultured striplings means winning over mom and dad, too. —

Devorah Lev-Tov, Robb Report, 25 June 2023 In Dunst’s hands, Antoinette is naturally happy, an excitable stripling full of life — the sort of protagonist you’d root for simply because the performer inhabiting her is so agreeable. —

Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 2 Dec. 2021 Best-selling author Margaret George has just published a novel repackaging the Roman emperor Nero, whose name has evoked mayhem and recreational pyromania for the past 2,000 years, as a misunderstood stripling. —

Joe Queenan, WSJ, 5 May 2017

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Appearing on America's Newsroom, Crean Lutheran High School girls’ track and field athlete Olivia Viola addressed CIF's ongoing neglect of female athletes' calls to oust boys from competition, including AB Hernandez.

— Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 19 May 2026
Set in 1962, a boy roughly Travolta’s age voyages from New York to Los Angeles on a series of hopping flights with his mother, who is hoping to land a rich husband or a good Hollywood role in that order.

— Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2026