Definitions

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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Returning young people aren’t the only ones arriving.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

Steve Wilson: Mexico's young sensation is the youngest goalscorer in Liga MX history, getting off the mark for Tijuana in August 2024 when he was still 15.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

Be mindful that, for young people with small budgets, rewards add up to very little.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

Jamie, both you and Linda have been acting since you were quite young and, in some ways, have grown up on camera.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

Too young to know that he couldn’t just go poking around the Pinks’ territory.

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

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