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Definitions

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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Speaking at a youth rally on Friday, Ousmane Sonko said that the current cost of a barrel of oil was approaching double what had been budgeted for.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

She said youth sports at the grassroots level are failing.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

England have won the past two Under-21 European Championships and, after their win in 2023, the nation's youth teams had won five major tournaments in six years.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

Gomorrah author and anti-mafia writer Roberto Saviano also weighed in, pointing to deeper structural failures in Italian football, from governance to youth development.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

Komsomolskaya Pravda, the Communist Party’s youth newspaper, published a feature about her.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.