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

In fact, he may be the youngest ever to suit up at USC.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026

In 2023, at age 38, he had been appointed to a professorship in sociology of education at the University of Cambridge, becoming the youngest Black professor in the institution’s 800-year history.

From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026

Archie Gray: The youngest captain in Spurs history but not a day for celebration.

From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026

Asked Friday about a successor to Leavitt, the youngest person ever to hold the position of White House press secretary, Trump said he had "never had so many job applications in my life."

From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026

Mother believed the spirit was following her youngest daughters.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock