youngest

[yuhng-gist] / ˈjʌŋ 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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youngest

The youngest couldn’t wait to follow the big brothers, especially in football, to the school where they were once ball boys.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026

The dinghy, which had 31 children on board with the youngest aged 14, had two outboard engines but one was not working, the court heard.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

Avelar’s youngest daughter has an eating disorder and is trying to gain weight.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

Astronomers have confirmed the youngest known planet yet, a world less than 1 million years old that is still surrounded by the gas and dust from which it formed.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026

The youngest reached for the pins in her hair, her hands shaking with panic.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny