Synonyms for young
yʌŋ; ˈyʌŋ gər; ˈyʌŋ gɪstyoung

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1. youngadjective

   Synonyms:
   immature, undeveloped, juvenile, underdeveloped, youthful, junior

   Antonyms:
   mature, old, grown

2. youngadjective

   for the younger of two people having the same given name.

   Synonyms:
   undeveloped, junior, underdeveloped, immature, juvenile, youthful

   Antonyms:
   mature, grown, old

3. youngadjective

   To cause to appear younger

   My grandmother is a very active woman and is quite young for her age.

   Synonyms:
   underdeveloped, undeveloped, juvenile, youthful, junior, immature

   Antonyms:
   old, mature, grown

4. youngadjective

   Offspring.

   The lion caught a gnu to feed its young.

   Synonyms:
   immature, undeveloped, juvenile, junior, youthful, underdeveloped

   Antonyms:
   grown, old, mature

5. youngadjective

   Having little experience; inexperienced; unpracticed; ignorant; weak.

   Synonyms:
   immature, youthful, junior, underdeveloped, undeveloped, juvenile

   Antonyms:
   mature, old, grown

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1. young

   That which is new has lately come into existence, possession, or use; a new house is just built, or in a more general sense is one that has just come into the possession of the present owner or occupant. Modern denotes that which has begun to exist in the present age, and is still existing; recent denotes that which has come into existence within a comparatively brief period, and may or may not be existing still. Modern history pertains to any period since the middle ages; modern literature, modern architecture, etc., are not strikingly remote from the styles and types prevalent to-day. That which is late is somewhat removed from the present, but not far enough to be called old. That which is recent is not quite so sharply distinguished from the past as that which is new; recent publications range over a longer time than new books. That which is novel is either absolutely or relatively unprecedented in kind; a novel contrivance is one that has never before been known; a novel experience is one that has never before occurred to the same person; that which is new may be of a familiar or even of an ancient sort, as a new copy of an old book. Young and youthful are applied to that which has life; that which is young is possessed of a comparatively new existence as a living thing, possessing actual youth; that which is youthful manifests the attributes of youth. (Compare YOUTHFUL.) Fresh applies to that which has the characteristics of newness or youth, while capable of deterioration by lapse of time; that which is unworn, unspoiled, or unfaded; as, a fresh countenance, fresh eggs, fresh flowers. New is opposed to old, modern to ancient, recent to remote, young to old, aged, etc.

   See synonyms for OLD.

   Synonyms:
   fresh, juvenile, late, modern, new, new-fangled, new-fashioned, new-made, novel, recent, upstart, youthful

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1. young, offspringnoun

   any immature animal

   Synonyms:
   youth, offspring, issue, progeny, materialization, materialisation

   Antonyms:
   elderly, aged, experienced, sexagenarian, late, darkened, grizzly, experient, ageing, nonagenarian, ancient, old, later(a), aged(a), grey-headed, emeritus, superannuated, gaga, doddering, centenarian, senile, oldish, venerable, senior, octogenarian, hoar, anile, gray-headed, grey, gray-haired, hoary, senescent, white-haired, overage, of age(p), over-the-hill, aging, older, grey-haired, gray, middle-aged, doddery, overaged

2. Young, Loretta Youngnoun

   United States film and television actress (1913-2000)

   Synonyms:
   youth, offspring

   Antonyms:
   elderly, aged, superannuated, old, senior, overaged, emeritus, doddery, doddering, hoary, experienced, of age(p), over-the-hill, nonagenarian, gray, overage, gray-headed, sexagenarian, older, aged(a), hoar, gaga, white-haired, late, darkened, octogenarian, centenarian, anile, experient, venerable, ancient, oldish, later(a), gray-haired, senescent, senile, grey-haired, middle-aged, aging, grey-headed, grey, ageing, grizzly

3. Young, Whitney Young, Whitney Moore Young Jr.noun

   United States civil rights leader (1921-1971)

   Synonyms:
   youth, offspring

   Antonyms:
   elderly, aged, ageing, experienced, old, overaged, grey-headed, senile, gray-headed, later(a), superannuated, grey-haired, aging, doddering, white-haired, gaga, senior, hoary, of age(p), doddery, overage, grizzly, gray-haired, emeritus, sexagenarian, over-the-hill, anile, senescent, centenarian, late, gray, experient, middle-aged, venerable, octogenarian, darkened, ancient, oldish, grey, nonagenarian, hoar, older, aged(a)

4. Young, Thomas Youngnoun

   British physicist and Egyptologist; he revived the wave theory of light and proposed a three-component theory of color vision; he also played an important role in deciphering the hieroglyphics on the Rosetta Stone (1773-1829)

   Synonyms:
   youth, offspring

   Antonyms:
   elderly, aged, overage, ancient, anile, nonagenarian, darkened, oldish, sexagenarian, gray-haired, late, octogenarian, old, middle-aged, later(a), grizzly, centenarian, doddery, ageing, aged(a), emeritus, experient, aging, gray, gaga, grey-haired, hoar, grey-headed, senior, older, senile, overaged, gray-headed, grey, white-haired, over-the-hill, senescent, superannuated, experienced, hoary, venerable, of age(p), doddering

5. Young, Pres Young, Lester Willis Youngnoun

   United States jazz tenor saxophonist (1909-1959)

   Synonyms:
   youth, offspring

   Antonyms:
   aged, elderly, nonagenarian, emeritus, old, oldish, gaga, hoar, senescent, centenarian, gray-haired, late, ageing, grey-headed, grey-haired, middle-aged, darkened, gray-headed, doddering, grizzly, overage, older, aging, senior, later(a), experienced, superannuated, grey, venerable, doddery, sexagenarian, anile, over-the-hill, ancient, white-haired, octogenarian, hoary, experient, of age(p), senile, gray, overaged, aged(a)

6. Young, Edward Youngnoun

   English poet (1683-1765)

   Synonyms:
   youth, offspring

   Antonyms:
   aged, elderly, white-haired, grey, senile, oldish, gray-haired, gaga, older, anile, octogenarian, aging, ancient, venerable, sexagenarian, doddery, old, grizzly, hoary, grey-headed, grey-haired, aged(a), gray, superannuated, experienced, late, doddering, centenarian, nonagenarian, overage, hoar, senescent, over-the-hill, emeritus, overaged, later(a), experient, of age(p), gray-headed, middle-aged, darkened, ageing, senior

7. Young, Cy Young, Danton True Youngnoun

   United States baseball player and famous pitcher (1867-1955)

   Synonyms:
   youth, offspring

   Antonyms:
   aged, elderly, doddering, gaga, octogenarian, anile, hoar, later(a), grey-headed, senescent, nonagenarian, grey-haired, gray-haired, ageing, old, older, hoary, overage, gray, senior, of age(p), superannuated, oldish, gray-headed, ancient, experient, sexagenarian, emeritus, white-haired, senile, grizzly, aged(a), aging, overaged, over-the-hill, grey, experienced, venerable, doddery, darkened, middle-aged, late, centenarian

8. Young, Brigham Youngnoun

   United States religious leader of the Mormon Church after the assassination of Joseph Smith; he led the Mormon exodus from Illinois to Salt Lake City, Utah (1801-1877)

   Synonyms:
   youth, offspring

   Antonyms:
   aged, elderly, centenarian, of age(p), overage, gray, darkened, senile, experient, later(a), gray-headed, doddery, emeritus, hoar, gaga, senior, superannuated, middle-aged, ageing, gray-haired, venerable, experienced, anile, sexagenarian, late, overaged, grey, aged(a), aging, nonagenarian, over-the-hill, grey-haired, old, oldish, ancient, doddering, older, senescent, hoary, octogenarian, grey-headed, grizzly, white-haired

9. young, youthadjective

   young people collectively

   "rock music appeals to the young"; "youth everywhere rises in revolt"

   Synonyms:
   juvenility, younker, early days, youthfulness, young person, youth, offspring, spring chicken

   Antonyms:
   aged, elderly, gray, hoar, sexagenarian, aging, senescent, gaga, late, overage, over-the-hill, hoary, doddering, nonagenarian, ancient, grey, old, darkened, grey-headed, grizzly, experienced, gray-haired, overaged, middle-aged, superannuated, gray-headed, emeritus, senior, white-haired, grey-haired, later(a), experient, octogenarian, aged(a), centenarian, doddery, older, ageing, senile, anile, venerable, oldish, of age(p)

10. young, immatureadjective

    (used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth

    "young people"

    Synonyms:
    untried, unripened, green, vernal, youthful, unseasoned, new, unripe, immature, untested, unfledged

    Antonyms:
    aged, elderly, senescent, older, aged(a), hoar, of age(p), doddering, aging, superannuated, hoary, old, experient, grey, ageing, overaged, doddery, late, over-the-hill, gaga, venerable, ancient, centenarian, darkened, grey-headed, oldish, anile, sexagenarian, grey-haired, senior, overage, gray-headed, experienced, grizzly, nonagenarian, senile, later(a), gray, white-haired, emeritus, gray-haired, octogenarian, middle-aged

11. new, youngadjective

    (of crops) harvested at an early stage of development; before complete maturity

    "new potatoes"; "young corn"

    Synonyms:
    untried, novel, unexampled, raw, new(a), newfangled, vernal, new, unseasoned, immature, untested, fresh, youthful

    Antonyms:
    elderly, aged, gray-haired, venerable, senior, older, experienced, centenarian, doddery, nonagenarian, white-haired, oldish, anile, senescent, darkened, aging, senile, grey-headed, superannuated, octogenarian, hoary, old, overage, middle-aged, late, overaged, over-the-hill, grey, sexagenarian, ageing, hoar, aged(a), grizzly, gaga, gray, experient, grey-haired, emeritus, of age(p), gray-headed, ancient, doddering, later(a)

12. youthful, vernal, youngadjective

    suggestive of youth; vigorous and fresh

    "he is young for his age"

    Synonyms:
    untried, untested, vernal, youthful, unseasoned, new, immature

    Antonyms:
    elderly, aged, aging, grizzly, gray-headed, grey, oldish, late, ageing, octogenarian, overaged, experienced, anile, aged(a), white-haired, doddering, middle-aged, gray-haired, older, overage, ancient, experient, gray, grey-headed, emeritus, hoar, of age(p), senior, grey-haired, gaga, centenarian, nonagenarian, old, over-the-hill, later(a), senile, doddery, senescent, sexagenarian, darkened, superannuated, venerable, hoary

13. youngadjective

    being in its early stage

    "a young industry"; "the day is still young"

    Synonyms:
    immature, untested, youthful, untried, unseasoned, new, vernal

    Antonyms:
    elderly, aged, sexagenarian, aging, oldish, gray, overage, ageing, octogenarian, overaged, experient, hoary, later(a), senescent, grey-haired, of age(p), aged(a), gray-haired, centenarian, anile, middle-aged, senile, doddering, gaga, venerable, over-the-hill, grizzly, ancient, gray-headed, old, senior, grey-headed, emeritus, grey, late, darkened, older, white-haired, hoar, doddery, superannuated, experienced, nonagenarian

14. unseasoned, untested, untried, youngadjective

    not tried or tested by experience

    "unseasoned artillery volunteers"; "still untested in battle"; "an illustrator untried in mural painting"; "a young hand at plowing"

    Synonyms:
    untried, vernal, unseasoned, new, immature, unsalted, untested, youthful

    Antonyms:
    aged, elderly, senile, aging, gray-haired, senescent, gray, grizzly, superannuated, octogenarian, anile, older, gaga, gray-headed, aged(a), old, late, middle-aged, hoar, grey-headed, doddering, ageing, sexagenarian, doddery, grey, hoary, venerable, white-haired, centenarian, of age(p), over-the-hill, overage, senior, oldish, overaged, emeritus, grey-haired, experient, darkened, ancient, later(a), nonagenarian, experienced

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1. • Egyptologist
   • Actress
   • Animal
   • Baseball Player
   • Civil Rights Leader
   • Living Thing
   • Physicist
   • Poet
   • Religious Leader
   • Saxophonist

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1. youngnoun

   Synonyms:
   youthful, juvenile, not old, in one's teens

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1. youngadjective

   Synonyms:
   juvenile, youthful, immature, adolescent

2. youngnoun

   Synonyms:
   offspring

   Associated words:
   beget, prolific, fecundity, procreation, fetus, brood, generation, fetiferous, pregnant, pregnancy

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1. List of paraphrases for "young":

   youth, younger, youths, jeunes, jeune, youthful, junge, juvenile, small, youngsters, jong, juveniles, junior, fledgling, jungen, kid, joven, kids, yong, jeunesse, youngster, adolescents, unga, new, nestlings, jóvenes, newly-wed, early

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1. Luella F. Phean:

   Youth is not a time of life, it is a state of mind. You are as old as your doubt, your fear, your despair. The way to keep young is to keep your faith young. Keep your self confidence young. Keep your hope young.

2. Joseph Conrad:

   Only the young have such moments .I don´t mean the very young, No. The very young have, properly speaking, no moments.

3. Brittany McBride:

   Sex ed needs to be honest and accurate and give Young People the information and support Young People need to live the lives Young People deserve. These are life skills. We can't expect Young People to become adults with an incomplete toolbox. We need to give Young People the information before Young People need it.

4. Pable Casals:

   I am an old man, but in many senses a very young man. And this is what I want you to be, young, young all your life.

5. Robertson Davies:

   The world is burdened with young fogies. Old men with ossified minds are easily dealt with. But men who look young, act young and everlastingly harp on the fact that they are young, but who nevertheless think and act with a degree of caution that would be excessive in their grandfathers, are the curse of the world. Their very conservatism is secondhand, and they don't know what they are conserving.