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Definition of young:
- Being in the first part, pr period, of growth; as, a young plant; a young tree.
- Having little experience; inexperienced; unpracticed; ignorant; weak.
- 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.
- The offspring of animals, either a single animal or offspring collectively.
Synonyms:
aged, late, new, infantile, early, subordinate, new-made, younker, foal, untested, Brigham Young, date, bullock, imp, adolescent, youthful, raw, junior, young person, early days, teenage, spring chicken, unfledged, preadolescent, new-fangled, unsalted, budding, newfangled, formative, ignorant, bairn, boomerang kid, Whitney Moore Young Jr., newborn, ageless, cherub, immature, well-preserved, calf, boylike, little, unripened, Danton True Young, expert, Whitney Young, recent, undisciplined, chick, child, lester willis young, unlearned, offspring, filly, preteen, cy young, blossoming, youth culture, untried, progeny, brood, unexampled, modern, youthfulness, teenaged, unseasoned, materialization, materialisation, younger, childly, girl, vernal, litter, upstart, puppylike, Loretta Young, juvenility, youth, vulnerable, Pres Young, schoolboyish, puppyish, boyish, cub, incompetent, teen, age, tender, kin, veteran, new-fashioned, small, growing, untutored, schoolgirlish, inferior, childlike, fawn, naive, old, issue, youngish, fresh-faced, tenderfoot, infant, baby, boy, novel, Thomas Young, girlish, child prodigy, Edward Young, colt.
- juvenile (part of speech: adjective)
- young (part of speech: adjective)
- new (part of speech: adjective)
Usage examples:
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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.