youngest

[yuhng-gist] / ˈjʌŋ 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

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youngest

Yizhar Shai, a former minister and opposition politician whose youngest son Yaron, a soldier, was killed on 7 October, is part of that campaign.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

At the same time, Parsons has built the league’s youngest roster around players whose performances are bigger than their names.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

Macron appointed 34-year-old Gabriel Attal as prime minister, making him the youngest person to ever hold the post in France’s modern republic.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

At 28, she was the youngest person ever appointed to the high-profile position of press secretary.

From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026

I’ll be the youngest person on the Ranch to go through the rite of passage, and it’s like people are starting to actually see me now.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy