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- DictionaryYoung/yəNG/
adjective
- 1. having lived or existed for only a short time: "a young girl" Similar youthfuljuvenilejunioradolescentteenageteenagedimmaturechildlikebabyishboyishgirlishin the springtime of lifein one's salad daysinformal:teenyoung peopleyouthschildrenboys and girlsyoungstersyoung onesthe younger generationthe next generationjuvenilesminorsschoolboysschoolgirlswhippersnappersstriplingsinformal:kidskiddiesyoung 'unsladslassesOpposite oldelderlymature
- ▪ not as old as the norm or as would be expected: "more people were dying young" Similar youthfuljuvenilejunioradolescentteenageteenagedimmaturechildlikebabyishboyishgirlishin the springtime of lifein one's salad daysinformal:teenOpposite oldelderlymature
- ▪ relating to, characteristic of, or consisting of young people: "young love"
- ▪ immature or inexperienced: "she's very young for her age"
- ▪ having the qualities popularly associated with young people, such as enthusiasm and optimism: "all those who are young at heart"
- ▪ used to denote the younger of two people of the same name: "Pitt the Younger"
- ▪ denoting the heir of a landed commoner: "Hugh Magnus Macleod, younger of Macleod"
noun
- 1. offspring, especially of an animal before or soon after birth: "this species carries its young" Similar offspringprogenyfamilychildrenissuelittle onesyoungstersbabiessonsdaughtersheirsdescendantssuccessorsscionsinformal:kidskiddiesnipperstotstiniessprogsrug ratsankle-bitersliterary:babesthe fruit of one's loinsrare:progeniture
Word Origin Old Englishg(e)ong, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch jong and German jung, also to youth; from an Indo-European root shared by Latin juvenis.
Derivatives
- 1. youngish adjective
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