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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They are also potentially the teams of seasons to come with rosters full of basketball’s youngest stars.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 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

Arsenal's Max Dowman will become the youngest player to start a Premier League match when the Gunners take on Crystal Palace.

From BBC • May 24, 2026

The newest presidential candidate, an openly gay Parisian educated in top schools, made history when he became France's youngest ever prime minister at the age of 34.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

With the help of Brother Ugo, who’d unofficially taken them on as wards, they’d become two of the youngest apprentices in the temple’s history.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray