cub
/kʌb/noun, verb1 syllable
Cub means: a male child (a familiar term of address to a boy).
Synonyms for cub8
noun, as in an awkward and inexperienced youth
noun, as in the young of certain carnivorous mammals such as the bear or wolf or lion
young carnivore
What does cub mean?4
noun
1
a male child (a familiar term of address to a boy)
2
an awkward and inexperienced youth
3
the young of certain carnivorous mammals such as the bear or wolf or lion
verb
1
give birth to cubs“bears cub every year”
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with cub?11
Cub in a sentence
- He took her cubs, and ran up the mountain without looking back.unknown
- A female bear could be very dangerous, especially when her cubs are around.OsoHombre
- You are doing well for a cub reporter.piksea
- The tiger cub looked like a large kitten.CK
- One may only catch the tiger cub by entering the tiger's den.Spamster
- The bear cub is just learning to walk.OsoHombre
- I rescued this wolf cub from a bear trap and took care of him.DJ_Saidez
- Ziri was playing with an albino lion cub.Amastan
Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.
Forms of cub
as a noun
- plural
- cubs
as a verb
- third-person singular
- cubs
- present participle
- cubbing
- past participle
- cubbed
- past tense
- cubbed