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young

[yuhng] / yʌŋ /
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
NOUN
animate beings that are not mature
Synonyms
STRONGEST
baby family
STRONG
babies brood infants issue litter offspring progeny
WEAK
little ones
Antonyms
STRONG
parent

Example Sentences

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"Well, if I'm going to die, at least I'll die young and handsome," he recounted his thought in the moment.

From Barron's • Apr. 25, 2026

The training orchestra guides young musicians with conservatory backgrounds into the world of professional orchestras.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026

Millie-Mae Adams, a medical student who volunteers with the StreetDoctors charity, said young people carrying weapons was an "emergency" and "a big problem".

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

Later, he invited the young man to join him at the draft in New York, giving him an assignment to work the phones.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026

Gingersnipes reached toward the young, dying fungi, as if to apologize, then suddenly pulled away.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman