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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Daniel: Youngest son, currently at Swedish club Malmo.

From BBC • Oct. 3, 2024

Youngest known survivor of the Tulsa Massacre spent his latter years pursuing justice for descendants of the attack on “Black Wall Street.”

From Seattle Times • Dec. 31, 2023

Youngest daughter Zixi, 5, has so far managed to avoid infection.

From Reuters • Dec. 23, 2022

It all led her to “deliberately deliver this type of teaching to my students,” teaching encapsulated in “Our Skin” or another picture book called “The Youngest Marcher.”

From New York Times • Sep. 6, 2022

“The youngest ones are in this first room” Youngest ones.

From "Son" by Lois Lowry