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Definition of young :
1. Being in the first part, pr period, of growth; as, a young plant; a young tree.
2. Having little experience; inexperienced; unpracticed; ignorant; weak.
3. Not long born; still in the first part of life; not yet arrived at adolescence, maturity, or age; not old; juvenile; - said of animals; as, a young child; a young man; a young fawn.
4. The offspring of animals, either a single animal or offspring collectively.
Synonyms:
unlearned, fawn, unfledged, unsalted, budding, child prodigy, ageless, novel, childly, colt, boy, upstart, spring chicken, youth, lester willis young, materialization, tenderfoot, litter, youngish, newfangled, unexampled, materialisation, fresh-faced, Brigham Young, youthfulness, aged, foal, younger, naive, bairn, new-made, cub, untried, subordinate, boylike, untested, blossoming, juvenility, childlike, bullock, new-fangled, incompetent, infant, old, early, chick, raw, tender, youth culture, Whitney Moore Young Jr., early days, well-preserved, Whitney Young, cy young, preadolescent, schoolboyish, vernal, vulnerable, filly, younker, small, girl, ignorant, young person, Danton True Young, age, child, little, new-fashioned, new, expert, progeny, newborn, untutored, teenaged, formative, recent, growing, schoolgirlish, calf, undisciplined, preteen, inferior, puppyish, Edward Young, offspring, puppylike, baby, issue, unseasoned, veteran, Loretta Young, unripened, brood, modern, date, kin, imp, late, Thomas Young, boomerang kid, Pres Young, teen, cherub
juvenile (part of speech: adjective)
immature, childish, infantile, juvenile, youthful, adolescent
young (part of speech: adjective)
boyish, teenage, fresh, junior, girlish, green, unripe, pubescent, inexperienced, puerile, blooming, callow, child-like
new (part of speech: adjective)
pioneering, latest, revolutionary, up-to-the-minute, innovative, original, fashionable, experimental
Usage examples:
- What did you hear about young Mr. Tresham? - "A Singer from the Sea", Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr.
- I was not a young girl, to begin with. - "The Early Short Fiction of Edith Wharton, Part 2 (of 10)", Edith Wharton.
- The young lady had stopped, and was looking about her; presently she came on to us. - "The Loss of the Royal George", W.H.G. Kingston.