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YOUNG Synonyms

There are 39 synonyms of the word young. (exact relations)
There are 9 hypernyms of the word young. (close relations)
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youthful
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• suggestive of youth; vigorous and fresh

junior
noun, adjectiven, adj
adjective

• younger; lower in rank; shorter in length of tenure or service

noun

• term of address for a disrespectful and annoying male

• a son who has the same first name as his father

• a third-year undergraduate

• the younger of two persons

adjective satellite

• used of the younger of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a son from his father

• used of the third or next to final year in United States high school or college

• including or intended for youthful persons

juvenile
noun, adjectiven, adj
adjective

• of or relating to or characteristic of or appropriate for children or young people

noun

• a young person, not fully developed

adjective satellite

• displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity

adolescent
noun, adjectiven, adj
adjective

• relating to or peculiar to or suggestive of an adolescent

noun

• a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity

adjective satellite

• being of the age 13 through 19

• displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity

• in the state of development between puberty and maturity

budding
verb, adjectivev, adj
noun

• reproduction of some unicellular organisms (such as yeasts) by growth and specialization followed by the separation by constriction of a part of the parent

adjective satellite

• beginning to develop

callow
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• young and inexperienced

childlike
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• befitting a young child

• exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity

fledgling
noun, adjectiven, adj
noun

• any new participant in some activity

• young bird that has just fledged or become capable of flying

adjective satellite

• (of a young bird) having acquired its flight feathers

• young and inexperienced

fresh
adjectiveadj
adjective

• recently made, produced, or harvested

• not canned or otherwise preserved

• not containing or composed of salt water

adverb

• very recently

adjective satellite

• (of a cycle) beginning or occurring again

• imparting vitality and energy

• original and of a kind not seen before

• having recently calved and therefore able to give milk

• with restored energy

• not soured or preserved

• free from impurities

• not yet used or soiled

• improperly forward or bold

green
verb, adjectivev, adj
adjective

• concerned with or supporting or in conformity with the political principles of the Green Party

• not fully developed or mature; not ripe

noun

• green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass

• United States labor leader who was president of the American Federation of Labor from 1924 to 1952 and who led the struggle with the Congress of Industrial Organizations (1873-1952)

• a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area

• an environmentalist who belongs to the Green Party

• an area of closely cropped grass surrounding the hole on a golf course

• a river that rises in western Wyoming and flows southward through Utah to become a tributary of the Colorado River

• any of various leafy plants or their leaves and stems eaten as vegetables

• street names for ketamine

adjective satellite

• of the color between blue and yellow in the color spectrum; similar to the color of fresh grass

• looking pale and unhealthy

• naive and easily deceived or tricked

verb

• turn or become green

infant
nounn
noun

• a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk

little
adverb, adjectiveadv, adj
adjective

• limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent

• (quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with `a') at least some

• low in stature; not tall; describing something or someone with a stature less than normal

noun

• a small amount or duration

adverb

• not much

adjective satellite

• (of children and animals) young, immature

• (informal) small and of little importance

• (of a voice) faint

• lowercase

• small in a way that arouses feelings (of tenderness or its opposite depending on the context)

minor
noun, adjectiven, adj
adjective

• of lesser importance or stature or rank

• lesser in scope or effect

• inferior in number or size or amount

• (of a scale or mode) having half steps between the second and third degrees, and (usually) the fifth and sixth degrees, and the seventh and eighth degrees

• not of legal age

• of lesser seriousness or danger

• of your secondary field of academic concentration or specialization

noun

• a young person of either sex

adjective satellite

• of the younger of two boys with the same family name

• warranting only temporal punishment

• relatively moderate, limited, or small

verb

• have as one's secondary field of study

newborn
noun, adjectiven, adj
noun

• a baby from birth to four weeks

adjective satellite

• recently born

• having just or recently arisen or come into existence

pubescent
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• (of animals especially human beings) having arrived at the onset of puberty (the age at which sex glands become functional) but not yet fully mature

• covered with fine soft hairs or down

spry
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• moving quickly and lightly

teenage
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• being of the age 13 through 19

tender
verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj
adjective

• given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality

• easy to cut or chew

• physically untoughened

noun

• something that can be used as an official medium of payment

• someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another

• a formal proposal to buy at a specified price

• car attached to a locomotive to carry fuel and water

• a boat for communication between ship and shore

• ship that usually provides supplies to other ships

adjective satellite

• hurting

• young and immature

• having or displaying warmth or affection

• (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail

• (of plants) not hardy; easily killed by adverse growing condition

verb

• offer or present for acceptance

• propose a payment

• make a tender of; in legal settlements

• make tender or more tender as by marinating, pounding, or applying a tenderizer

immature
adjectiveadj
adjective

• characteristic of a lack of maturity

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

• not fully developed or mature; not ripe

• not yet mature

• (of birds) not yet having developed feathers

new
adverb, noun, adjectiveadv, n, adj
adjective

• not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered

• unaffected by use or exposure

adverb

• very recently

adjective satellite

• in use after medieval times

• used of a living language; being the current stage in its development

• original and of a kind not seen before

• lacking training or experience

• having no previous example or precedent or parallel

• other than the former one(s); different

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

• (often followed by `to') unfamiliar

Best Hypernyms For YOUNG

Here is a list of related hypernyms for young, these are close relations that fall within the same topic. Most relevant words are highlighted and in order.
Words (6)
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Phrases (3)
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