Antonyms for shaver
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : shey-ver |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈʃeɪ vər |
Definition of shaver
Origin :- "one who shaves," early 15c., agent noun from shave (v.); sense of "fellow, chap" is slang from 1590s. Meaning "shaving tool" is from 1550s. Mad shaver (1610s) was 17c. slang for "a swashbuckler, roisterer."
- As in barber : noun hair cutter
- As in boy : noun young man
- As in youngster : noun child
- As in razor : noun cutting instrument
- As in child : noun very young person
- As in tot : noun child
- After a contest of half an hour, Shaver was repulsed and fell back.
- Extract from : « From Fort Henry to Corinth » by Manning Ferguson Force
- Come, Little Alum, the shaver's friend, smartly to the rescue!
- Extract from : « The Perfect Gentleman » by Ralph Bergengren
- And then, he exercises the shaver's prerogative and powders his face.
- Extract from : « The Perfect Gentleman » by Ralph Bergengren
- You see, I've known him ever since I was a shaver, and I think the world of him.
- Extract from : « Mr. Crewe's Career, Complete » by Winston Churchill
- Your complexion's too lovely; and you're only a shaver, you know.
- Extract from : « The Eternal Boy » by Owen Johnson
- To call a man a 'shaver' is to say he is an 'extortioner,' without going into details.
- Extract from : « The Chainbearer » by J. Fenimore Cooper
- There was some question as to whether Shaver should be undressed.
- Extract from : « A Reversible Santa Claus » by Meredith Nicholson
- Then she laughed merrily, as only the mother of Shaver could laugh.
- Extract from : « A Reversible Santa Claus » by Meredith Nicholson
- The Hopper was regarding Shaver with a grin of benevolent satisfaction.
- Extract from : « A Reversible Santa Claus » by Meredith Nicholson
- As he clumsily tried to unfasten Shaver's hood, Mary pushed him aside and with shaking fingers removed the child's wraps.
- Extract from : « A Reversible Santa Claus » by Meredith Nicholson
Synonyms for shaver
- adolescent
- anklebiter
- babe
- baby
- bairn
- bambino
- beautician
- blade
- boy
- brat
- buck
- bud
- cadet
- chap
- cherub
- chick
- child
- coiffeur
- coiffeuse
- cosmetologist
- cub
- descendant
- dickens
- dude
- fellow
- fledgling
- gamin
- girl
- guy
- hair stylist
- hairdresser
- half-pint
- imp
- infant
- innocent
- issue
- junior
- juvenile
- juvenile delinquent
- kid
- kiddie
- knife
- lad
- lamb
- lass
- little angel
- little darling
- little doll
- little guy
- little kid
- little one
- little shaver
- master
- minor
- mite
- moppet
- neonate
- nestling
- newborn
- nipper
- nursling
- offspring
- preteen
- progeny
- pubescent
- punk
- pup
- pupil
- puppy
- runt
- sapling
- schoolboy
- shaver
- small fry
- snotnose kid
- sonny
- sprout
- squirt
- stripling
- student
- suckling
- tadpole
- teen
- teenager
- teenybopper
- toddler
- tonsorial artist
- tot
- tyke
- urchin
- whippersnapper
- young adult
- young one
- young person
- youngster
- youth
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