young

Meaning

Adj

1. In the early part of growth or life; born not long ago.
2. At an early stage of existence or development; having recently come into existence.
3. advanced in age; (far towards or) at a specified stage of existence or age.
4. Junior (of two related people with the same name).
5. Early. (of a decade of life)
6. Youthful; having the look or qualities of a young person.
7. Of or belonging to the early part of life.
8. (obsolete) Having little experience; inexperienced; unpracticed; ignorant; weak.

Noun

Offspring, especially the immature offspring of animals.

Verb

1. (informal) To become or seem to become younger.
2. (informal) To cause to appear younger.
3. To exhibit younging.

Synonyms

youthful

small

tender

new

🆕

fresh

immature

adolescent

juvenile

green

youth

little

offspring

child

🧒

unripe

girl

👧

inexperienced

junior

younger

raw

soft

budding

vernal

cub

strong

infant

teenage

calf

weak

untried

young man

untested

kid

🧒

delicate

baby

👶

modern

boy

👦

children

young person

unseasoned

girlish

wild

beginning

tiny

feeble

boyish

recent

teenager

inferior

minor

greenhorn

Translations

jeune

jung

joven

giovane

jong

jovem

petit

genç

νεαρός

jove

jugendlich

νέος

jeugdig

adolescente

Pronounced as (IPA)

/jʌŋ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: yong

Inherited from Old English: ġeong

In summary

Inherited from Middle English yong, yonge, from Old English ġeong, from Proto-West Germanic *jung, from Proto-Germanic *jungaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuHn̥ḱós, from *h₂yuh₁en- (“young”).
Cognates
Cognate with Alemannic German jung, jungu, junhs, jungà, jòng (“young”), Bavarian junk (“young”), Central Franconian, Luxembourgish jonk (“young”), Cimbrian djung, jung, junk (“young”), Dutch jong (“young”), German, German Low German, Mòcheno and Vilamovian jung (“young”), Limburgish jong, jonk (“young”), Yiddish יונג (yung, “young”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish ung (“young”), Faroese, Icelandic ungur (“young”), Gothic 𐌾𐌿𐌲𐌲𐍃 (juggs, “young”).

Sentences

This young boy is a total genius .

He felt invisible among all those young people .

A young girl is mixing something yellow in a bowl .

A young man with a backpack watches as a bicycle is suspended for repair .

Paul reminded them of a young Sean Connery .

A young girl in a blue and green jacket is sledding .