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young

• (a) (used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
  • young people
  immature,
• (s) (of crops) harvested at an early stage of development; before complete maturity
  • new potatoes
  • young corn
  new,
• (s) suggestive of youth; vigorous and fresh
  • he is young for his age
  vernal, youthful,
• (s) being in its early stage
  • a young industry
  • the day is still young
• (s) not tried or tested by experience
  • unseasoned artillery volunteers
  • still untested in battle
  • an illustrator untried in mural painting
  • a young hand at plowing
  untested, untried, unseasoned,

Nouns

• (n) any immature animal offspring,
• (n) United States film and television actress (1913-2000) Loretta Young,
• (n) United States civil rights leader (1921-1971) Whitney Moore Young Jr., Whitney Young,
• (n) 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) Thomas Young,
• (n) United States jazz tenor saxophonist (1909-1959) Lester Willis Young, Pres Young,
• (n) English poet (1683-1765) Edward Young,
• (n) United States baseball player and famous pitcher (1867-1955) Cy Young, Danton True Young,
• (n) 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) Brigham Young,
• (n) young people collectively
  • rock music appeals to the young
  • youth everywhere rises in revolt
  youth,

Synonyms

offspring immature new Loretta Young Whitney Moore Young Jr. Whitney Young vernal youthful Thomas Young untested untried unseasoned Lester Willis Young Pres Young Edward Young Cy Young Danton True Young Brigham Young youth

Antonyms

old aged elderly

See also

immature junior new

Words of close approximity