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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These days Taylor is an assistant coach back at Leicestershire, where he became the youngest batter to make 1,000 County Championship runs in a season in 2009.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

In 2011, at 24, he was elected as an MP, becoming the youngest lawmaker at that time.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

My dad was the youngest of seven siblings.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

By the time he was 15, he had joined the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus as “the world’s youngest puppeteer.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

The demand was so great that the two youngest sisters traveled separately so they could bring the spirits to different cities at the same time.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock