younger

[yuhng-ger] / ˈjʌŋ gər /

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juvenile adj.
minor adj.
minor-league adj.

ADJECTIVE

juvenile

Synonyms

STRONGEST

youthful

STRONG

adolescent blooming budding developing formative green growing infant junior tender young

WEAK

babyish beardless boyish callow childlike fresh girlish immature inexperienced infantile jejune kid stuff milk-fed naive pubescent puerile teenage undeveloped unfledged unripe unsophisticated unweaned vernal

Antonyms

STRONG

experienced mature old older shrinking withering

WEAK

adult grown-up

ADJECTIVE

minor

Synonyms

STRONGEST

inconsequential lesser negligible petty secondary slight trivial unimportant

STRONG

accessory dependent dinky inferior junior light low minus subordinate subsidiary trifling

WEAK

below the mark bush-league casual inconsiderable paltry piddling second-string small-fry small-time smaller tacky two-bit

Antonyms

STRONGEST

consequential important major significant superior useful worthwhile

STRONG

chief strong

WEAK

greater

ADJECTIVE

minor-league

Synonyms

WEAK

accessory below the mark bush-league casual dependent dinky inconsequential inconsiderable inferior junior lesser light low lower minus negligible paltry petty piddling second-string secondary slight small small-fry small-time smaller subaltern subordinate subsidiary tacky trifling trivial two-bit unimportant

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younger

Bonta added that he had communicated with Snap, another popular social media platform among younger users.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

It has survived wars and upheavals, but the famed handwoven Kashmir carpet industry is now battling a steady decline as younger generations abandon the painstaking craft.

From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026

A romcom about a missed connection at a dance club and a man’s campus-wide search for his potential happily-ever-after tries to refreshingly reformulate the genre for a younger audience.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

My sister Andrea, who is 5½ years younger, never really watched these with me — although you could argue that nobody could escape the constant “Clue” viewings in our house.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

My younger sisters come running into the room, calling for me.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar

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