Defenition of the word nestling

• Defenition of the word nestling

  • A young bird of any species, nestling.
  • a young person of either sex (between birth and puberty); "she writes books for children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British term for youngsters"
  • young bird not yet fledged
  • a young person of either sex; "she writes books for children"; "they''re just kids"; "`tiddler'' is a British term for youngsters"
  • a young person of either sex

Synonyms for the word nestling

• • baby bird
  • child
  • fry
  • kid
  • minor
  • nipper
  • shaver
  • small fry
  • tiddler
  • tike
  • tyke
  • youngster

Meronymys for the word nestling

• • child's body

Hyponyms for the word nestling

• • bairn
  • bambino
  • buster
  • changeling
  • child prodigy
  • foster child
  • foster-child
  • fosterling
  • imp
  • infant prodigy
  • kiddy
  • kindergartener
  • kindergartner
  • monkey
  • orphan
  • peanut
  • picaninny
  • piccaninny
  • pickaninny
  • poster child
  • preschooler
  • rapscallion
  • rascal
  • scalawag
  • scallywag
  • scamp
  • silly
  • sprog
  • street child
  • toddler
  • tot
  • urchin
  • waif
  • wonder child
  • yearling

Hypernyms for the word nestling

• • juvenile
  • juvenile person
  • young bird

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