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   young

   /yəNG/

   adjective

   • 1. having lived or existed for only a short time: "a young girl" Similar youthfuljuvenilejunioradolescentteenageteenagedimmaturechildlikebabyishboyishgirlishin the springtime of lifein one's salad daysinformal:teenyoung peopleyouthschildrenboys and girlsyoungstersyoung onesthe younger generationthe next generationjuvenilesminorsschoolboysschoolgirlswhippersnappersstriplingsinformal:kidskiddiesyoung 'unsladslassesOpposite oldelderlymature
   • ▪ not as old as the norm or as would be expected: "more people were dying young" Similar youthfuljuvenilejunioradolescentteenageteenagedimmaturechildlikebabyishboyishgirlishin the springtime of lifein one's salad daysinformal:teenOpposite oldelderlymature
   • ▪ relating to, characteristic of, or consisting of young people: "young love"
   • ▪ immature or inexperienced: "she's very young for her age"
   • ▪ having the qualities popularly associated with young people, such as enthusiasm and optimism: "all those who are young at heart"
   • ▪ used to denote the younger of two people of the same name: "Pitt the Younger"
   • ▪ denoting the heir of a landed commoner: "Hugh Magnus Macleod, younger of Macleod"

   noun

   • 1. offspring, especially of an animal before or soon after birth: "this species carries its young" Similar offspringprogenyfamilychildrenissuelittle onesyoungstersbabiessonsdaughtersheirsdescendantssuccessorsscionsinformal:kidskiddiesnipperstotstiniessprogsrug ratsankle-bitersliterary:babesthe fruit of one's loinsrare:progeniture

   Word Origin Old Englishg(e)ong, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch jong and German jung, also to youth; from an Indo-European root shared by Latin juvenis.

   Derivatives

   • 1. youngish adjective

   Scrabble Points: 9

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   Young definition: being in the first or early stage of life or growth; youthful; not old. See examples of YOUNG used in a sentence.

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   1. Being in an early period of life, development, or growth. 2. Newly begun or formed; not advanced: a young biotech company. 3. Relating to, typical of, or suggestive of youth or early life: He is young for his age. 4. Lacking experience; immature: a young hand at plowing. 5. Being the junior of two people having the same name. 6.

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   Use the adjective young to describe a person who hasn't been alive very long or doesn't have much life experience. You might feel much wiser and more sophisticated than your young cousins — even if you secretly enjoy playing games with them.