junior miss
noun
1
: an adolescent girl
2
: junior sense 1b
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Pageant director Makenzie Kooi said little miss candidates are between 6 and 9, junior miss contestants between 10 and 12, teen between 13 and 15 and those who wish to be Miss Waukegan between 16 and 22. 
Steve Sadin, chicagotribune.com, 5 July 2021
Steve Sadin, chicagotribune.com, 5 July 2021 Word History
First Known Use
1923, in the meaning defined at sense 1
junior miss
noun
as in subdebutante
Synonyms & Similar Words
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- subdebutante
- teenybopper
- miss
- schoolgirl
- bobby-soxer
- missy
- girl
- lass
- filly
- sheila
- lassie
- tomboy
- romp
- nymph
- pixie
- snip
- hoyden
- gamine
- pixy
