young
Meaning of young
adjective
- having lived or existed for only a short time.
a young girl
young tender mint leaves
the young are amazingly resilient
- used to denote the younger of two people of the same name.
Pitt the Younger
- offspring, especially of an animal before or soon after birth.
many grebes carry their young on their backs
Old English g(e)ong, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch jong and German jung, also to youth; from an Indo-European root shared by Latin juvenis .
Information about young
- The plural form of young is: youngs.
- Languages in which young is used:
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Hyphenation of young
young
- It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
- young is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
young synonyms
Meaning immature:
Meaning new:
Meaning youthful:
Meaning unseasoned:
Meaning offspring:
Meaning Young:
Meaning youth:
Meaning for or relating to young people:
Meaning for or denoting young or younger people:
Meaning (of a young person) in the process of developing from a child into an adult:
Meaning denoting a person between 13 and 19 years old:
Meaning between 13 and 19 years old:
Meaning (of an adult) having the good qualities, such as innocence, associated with a child:
Meaning typical of or suitable for a baby; childish:
Meaning of, like, or characteristic of a male child or young man:
Meaning of or characteristic of a girl:
Meaning relating to teenagers:
Meaning the period between childhood and adult age:
Meaning a young human being below the age of puberty or below the legal age of majority:
Meaning a child, young person, or young animal:
Meaning a young person:
Meaning a person under the age of full legal responsibility:
Meaning a boy attending school:
Meaning a girl attending school:
Meaning a young and inexperienced person considered to be presumptuous or overconfident:
Meaning a young man:
Meaning a child or young person:
Meaning a young child:
Meaning a boy or young man (often as a form of address):
Meaning a girl or young woman:
Meaning a descendant or the descendants of a person, animal, or plant; offspring:
Meaning a group of one or more parents and their children living together as a unit:
Meaning an important topic or problem for debate or discussion:
Meaning a very young child:
Meaning a boy or man in relation to either or both of his parents:
Meaning a girl or woman in relation to either or both of her parents:
Meaning a person legally entitled to the property or rank of another on that person's death:
Meaning a person, plant, or animal that is descended from a particular ancestor:
Meaning a person or thing that succeeds another:
Meaning a young shoot or twig of a plant, especially one cut for grafting or rooting:
Meaning a child:
Meaning a sexually attractive young woman:
Meaning the production of offspring; procreation:
young antonyms
Meaning having lived for a long time; no longer young:
Meaning (of a person) old or ageing:
Meaning fully developed physically; full-grown:
Translation of young
- German: Kind, jung
- French: enfant, petit, jeune
- Spanish: hija, hijo, prole, joven
- Italian: figlio, cucciolo, giovane
- Portuguese: filho, jovens, jovem
Anagrams of young
Words that rhyme with young
Hijoung, Joung, Deyoung, Young, fooyoung, overyoung, ultrayoung, unyoung
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