YOUNG Synonyms
There are 9 hypernyms of the word young. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for YOUNG
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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 | ||||||||