younger

[yuhng-ger] / ˈjʌŋ 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

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younger

Her role in the 2024 sequel earned her a Saturn Award nomination for best younger performer in a film.

From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026

Among riders injured on traditional bicycles, 10.2% were 14 or younger.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026

Gen Z TikTok influencer Sophie Rocha recently went viral for calling out the trend among younger workers.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026

Kanisius and his master Umbu Ana Rara, 31, who is three years younger than him, live in the village of Tenggedu, whose turquoise waterfalls draw intrepid tourists looking for a "hidden tropical paradise".

From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026

Kids are running up and down the wet sand chasing geese, while the younger ones seat themselves in the sand, buckets and shovels in hand.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

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