youngest

[yuhng-gist] / ˈjʌŋ gɪst /

ADJECTIVE

immature

Synonyms

STRONGEST

budding inexperienced new youthful

STRONG

adolescent blooming blossoming crude developing fledgling green growing infant inferior junior juvenile little modern newborn punk raw recent tender tenderfoot

WEAK

boyish boylike burgeoning callow childish childlike early fresh girlish girllike half-grown ignorant newish not aged pubescent puerile undeveloped undisciplined unfinished unfledged unlearned unpracticed unripe unseasoned untried unversed vernal

Antonyms

STRONGEST

experienced old

STRONG

adult healthy mature older sophisticated

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youngest

She is holding a baby, the youngest of her two kids, and gently snuggling with the child.

From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026

His youngest brother, Jair Renan, 28, was elected a lawmaker for the same city.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

Here is the actual reality of our grown-up life: When our youngest daughter was 2 months old, she was hospitalized in the intensive care unit for a lung infection.

From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2026

The UN has also voiced its concerns about the situation in South Sudan as the world's youngest country heads towards presidential elections due to be held in December.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

He finished fifteenth, and was awarded a ballpoint pen, perhaps because he was the youngest player.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

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