young

Plural: young, youngs

Noun

• The offspring of animals, collectively.
• any immature animal
• United States film and television actress (1913-2000)
• United States civil rights leader (1921-1971)
• British physicist and Egyptologist; he revived the wave theory of light and proposed a three-component theory of color vision; he also played an important role in deciphering the hieroglyphics on the Rosetta Stone (1773-1829)
• United States jazz tenor saxophonist (1909-1959)
• English poet (1683-1765)
• United States baseball player and famous pitcher (1867-1955)
• United States religious leader of the Mormon Church after the assassination of Joseph Smith; he led the Mormon exodus from Illinois to Salt Lake City, Utah (1801-1877)
• young people collectively
  • "rock music appeals to the young"
• Offspring, especially the immature offspring of animals.

Adjective

• Being in an early stage of life, growth, or development.
• (used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
  • "young people"

Adjective Satellite

• (of crops) harvested at an early stage of development; before complete maturity
  • "young corn"
• suggestive of youth; vigorous and fresh
  • "he is young for his age"
• being in its early stage
  • "a young industry"
  • "the day is still young"
• not tried or tested by experience
  • "a young hand at plowing"

Adj

• In the early part of growth or life; born not long ago.
• At an early stage of existence or development; having recently come into existence.
• advanced in age; (far towards or) at a specified stage of existence or age.
• Junior (of two related people with the same name).
• Early. (of a decade of life)
• Youthful; having the look or qualities of a young person.
• Of or belonging to the early part of life.
• Having little experience; inexperienced; unpracticed; ignorant; weak.

Verb

• To become or seem to become younger.
• To cause to appear younger.
• To exhibit younging.

Examples

• a lamb is a young sheep
• a young business
• Even YOUNG players can beat seasoned veterans with a lucky draw and clever placement.
• Her grandmother turned 70 years young last month.
• How young is your dog?
• My grandmother is a very active woman and is quite young for her age.
• the age of space travel is still young
• The cynical world soon shattered my young dreams.
• The lion caught a gnu to feed its young.
• The lion's young are curious about the world around them.
• The word YOUNG, surprisingly, helped him secure a critical point, despite its low value.
• these picture books are for young readers

Synonyms

Brigham Young, Cy Young, Danton True Young, Edward Young, immature, Lester Willis Young, Loretta Young, new, offspring, Pres Young, Thomas Young, unseasoned, untested, untried, vernal, Whitney Moore Young Jr., Whitney Young, youth, youthful, baby-faced, hebetic, junior, juvenile, underdeveloped, undeveloped, young, youngling, youngly, youngsome, youngthly, youthly, youthsome

Antonyms

aged, old, elderly, experienced, grown up, mature, senior, veteran, youthless

Related Words

active, callow, child, childish, coltish, immature, inexperienced, juvenal, puerile, unfledged, young adulthood, youth

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