Synonyms for tadpole
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : tad-pohl |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈtæd poʊl |
Top 10 synonyms for tadpole Other synonyms for the word tadpole
- anklebiter
- anuran
- babe
- bairn
- bambino
- brat
- buck
- bud
- cadet
- chap
- cherub
- chick
- cub
- descendant
- dickens
- dude
- gamin
- half-pint
- imp
- innocent
- issue
- junior
- kiddie
- lamb
- little angel
- little darling
- little doll
- little guy
- little one
- little shaver
- master
- minor
- mite
- moppet
- neonate
- nestling
- newborn
- nipper
- nursling
- offspring
- peeper
- polliwog
- preteen
- progeny
- pubescent
- punk
- puppy
- runt
- salientian
- schoolboy
- shaver
- small fry
- sonny
- sprout
- squirt
- stripling
- suckling
- sycophant
- tadpole
- teen
- teenager
- teenybopper
- toddler
- tot
- tyke
- urchin
- whippersnapper
- young one
- youngster
- youth
Définition of tadpole
Origin :- c.1400, from tadde "toad" (see toad) + pol "head" (see poll (n.)).
- As in boy : noun young man
- As in toad : noun amphibian
- As in child : noun very young person
- As in tot : noun child
- But after a while the tadpole's mother came out, and then the minnows caught it!
- Extract from : « Ting-a-ling » by Frank Richard Stockton
- It seemed to me very like the tadpole resolution in "Festina lente."
- Extract from : « Letters from Port Royal » by Various
- We come now to the final stages in the life of the tadpole babies.
- Extract from : « Chatterbox, 1906 » by Various
- There is a common belief that at a certain time the tail of the tadpole falls off.
- Extract from : « Chatterbox, 1906 » by Various
- Like a tadpole, the market seems to consume itself in transactions.
- Extract from : « The Civilization of Illiteracy » by Mihai Nadin
- He was a famous swimmer, having been used to the water from the time he was a tadpole.
- Extract from : « The Tale of Ferdinand Frog » by Arthur Scott Bailey
- "More like a tadpole than anything," mused the unhappy father.
- Extract from : « The Wonder » by J. D. Beresford
- That is because he has not yet gotten rid of his tadpole tail.
- Extract from : « Socialism: Positive and Negative » by Robert Rives La Monte
- Let us not forget to add that he styled Keats "the tadpole of the Lakists."
- Extract from : « My Recollections of Lord Byron » by Teresa Guiccioli
- Tadpole asks if any one can tell her the origin of "Blind-man's buff."
- Extract from : « Little Folks » by Various
Antonyms for tadpole
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