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youths

NOUN

person before the age of maturity

Synonyms

WEAK

boy chick cub fledgling girl junior juvenile juvenile delinquent kid lad lass pup pupil student teenager young person

Antonyms

WEAK

adult

NOUN

early period in life of animate being

Synonyms

STRONGEST

minority teens

STRONG

adolescence bloom boyhood childhood girlhood greenness ignorance immaturity inexperience innocence jejuneness jejunity juvenescence prime puberty springtide youngness youthfulness

WEAK

awkward age salad days springtime of life tender age

Antonyms

STRONG

adulthood experience knowledge

WEAK

maturity

Example Sentences

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Videos on social media showed activists being shoved and surrounded by youths wearing matching T-shirts emblazoned with Jerusalem-themed slogans.

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

The BBC has learned that both Merseyside Police and Liverpool City Council are behind the tactic, which they said was "an effective tool" in breaking up groups of youths and "preventing anti-social behaviour".

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026

Elite Chinese youths, businesspeople and scientists are increasingly returning home as the U.S.’s allure fades.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026

The Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation offers a Free Snack Program that provides nutritious meals for youths — newborns to 18-year-olds — at its public parks.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2026

Then the two arrogant youths dared still more.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton