youngest

[yuhng-gist] / ˈyʌŋ 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

Example Sentences

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After watching him dominate the youngest starting five in these playoffs Friday, it is impossible to imagine he’s going to call it quits.

From Los Angeles Times • May 2, 2026

The mother-of-two said she works all day sewing clothes and embroidering but she can't afford baby formula for her youngest.

From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026

By comparing this pattern with detailed galaxy simulations, the researchers determined that the point where stellar ages are youngest corresponds to a sharp decline in star formation efficiency.

From Science Daily • Apr. 29, 2026

He shares eldest daughter Royalty with ex-girlfriend and model Nia Guzman, son Aeko with ex-girlfriend and model Ammika Harris and youngest daughter Lovely with esthetician Diamond Brown.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 27, 2026

Just fourteen years old, he was now officially ranked as a chess master, the youngest person ever to achieve that ranking in the United States.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady