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younger

[yuhng-ger] / ˈyʌŋ gər /
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

Example Sentences

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It is symbolic of your enterprising younger self, and all of those fancy cars and five-star vacations that you passed up on, perhaps using that money as a down payment on your next property instead.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026

Two weeks into their review, the team—Concannon, alongside younger students Jenna Lewis, Preston Schroeder, Natalia Montoya, and Samantha Underwood—gathered around a table in the forensic lab to share their findings and discuss theories.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

Dienst said the audience for SI has gotten younger under Authentic’s ownership.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026

Daniel was not there to see his younger sister's crowning moment.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

When he was younger, before he’d found purpose in his mushroom garden, he’d wandered these woods every day.

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

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.