Definitions

youngest

[yuhng-gist] / ˈyʌŋ gɪst /

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

Example Sentences

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Walter Theodore Rollins was born Sept. 7, 1930, at his grandmother’s house in Harlem, the youngest of three children to parents who had immigrated from the Virgin Islands.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

In November 2025, he became the Champions League's youngest player at 15 years and 308 days.

From BBC • May 24, 2026

Aged 19, the pair were the youngest competitors in a 12,000km adventure from Italy to Mongolia - taken without mobiles phones.

From BBC • May 24, 2026

His meteoric rise in politics has drawn comparisons with Macron, who was 39 when he won the Elysee Palace in 2017, becoming France's youngest head of state since Napoleon.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

Six Ivans rolled around on the road, hollering at the youngest one that they were all so happy to see him.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack