PRESCHOOLERS Synonyms: 82 Similar and Opposite Words

preschoolers

noun

plural of preschooler

as in kindergartners

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Noun

Fleming was one of a dozen people at the home when the home was shot at, including two toddlers, a 6-year-old and a teenager, a police report said.

— Jeff A. Chamer, Charlotte Observer, 1 July 2026
This small city on Florida’s central Gulf Coast offers an escape everyone in the family will enjoy, from toddlers all the way up to the grandparents.

— Beth Luberecki, USA Today, 30 June 2026

Definition of toddlers

Noun

And with that decision, the company narrowed the chance that the mother’s anguish could draw attention to any danger the formula might pose to other infants.

— David Hilzenrath, USA Today, 2 July 2026
This incremental approach begins with infants, aiming to cultivate support for individualized market returns over collective Social Security guarantees.

— Virginia La Torre Jeker, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026

Definition of infants

Noun

The details are buried under language like ‘contribution pilot program,’ IRS form numbers, and are built for compliance rather than someone holding a newborn.

— Natalie Gordon, Fortune, 6 July 2026
The 49-year-old, now a mother to four sons, shared a photo of her breastfeeding a newborn on Instagram.

— Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 6 July 2026

Definition of newborn

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Now that these lovable chaos agents are joined by all manner of fearsome, gelatinous people-eaters, parents might be wondering whether to have their youngest tykes sit this installment out.

— Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 1 July 2026
That backstory might prove disturbing for younger tykes, as will a vicious battle between Sebastian and two menacing dogs, no doubt accounting for the film’s PG rating.

— Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 27 Apr. 2026

Definition of tykes

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In Lebanon, at least 100,000 children risk missing out on school unless classrooms damaged by Israeli strikes are urgently repaired or rebuilt before September, the United Nations children’s agency UNICEF has warned.

— Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Money, 4 July 2026
His mission to catch adults who prey on children was launched when a friend in cybersecurity told him about the online danger.

— Natasha Holt, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026

Definition of children

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