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youth

[yooth] / yuθ /
NOUN
early period in life
Synonyms
STRONGEST
minority teens
STRONG
adolescence bloom boyhood childhood girlhood greenness ignorance immaturity inexperience innocence jejuneness jejunity juvenescence prime puberty springtide youngness youthfulness
WEAK
awkward age salad days springtime of life tender age
Antonyms
STRONG
adulthood experience knowledge
WEAK
maturity

Example Sentences

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Salazar that rules on the legality of conversion-therapy bans and what it means for LGBTQ+ youth and the First Amendment.

From Slate • Apr. 9, 2026

Other A-Street investments include Great Minds, a curriculum provider behind such programs as Eureka Math; youth mental health startup Cartwheel Care; and AI-powered early reading platform LitLab.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

"I think this is a pretty common coping mechanism for a lot of people" to return to shows they enjoyed in their youth, Kaur said.

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

The announcement comes as the first wave of youth clubs aimed at giving young people support with jobs and wellbeing are set to open across England.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

What we had saved had been taken from us, there was nothing more...nothing left to sell; neither youth nor strength left to barter.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya