Bud
Bud noun - A young person who is between infancy and adulthood.
Usage example: that sitcom star is still a bud, so all he needs right now are looks and personality
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This remains tightly in bud, except for a day in late winter, when the flower opens to reveal, nestling in gorgeous red petals, a little child's face.
Source: Video Game / Fallen London - However, he never tries to nip things in the bud by hunting down the warrior's son when he's still a child because he wants a worthy champion to help him fight the other Deathless.
Source: I Need You Stronger - Child Soldiers: One shows up near the end of Bud's war experience in 1945 as a member of the Volkssturm.
Source: Film / Memorial Day
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Child and Bud. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/bud/child
Bud & Child. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/bud/child>.
Child or Bud. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/bud/child.
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