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Meaning of young in English
Pronunciation
/jəŋ/
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Classifying Adjective
young
Definitions
1.
(of crops) harvested at an early stage of development
Examples
« before complete maturity »
« new potatoes »
« young corn »
Synonyms
early
Noun
young
Definitions
1.
any immature animal
2.
United States film and television actress (1913-2000)
3.
United States civil rights leader (1921-1971)
4.
British physicist and Egyptologist
Examples
« 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) »
5.
United States jazz tenor saxophonist (1909-1959)
6.
English poet (1683-1765)
7.
United States baseball player and famous pitcher (1867-1955)
8.
United States religious leader of the Mormon Church after the assassination of Joseph Smith
Examples
« he led the Mormon exodus from Illinois to Salt Lake City, Utah (1801-1877) »
9.
young people collectively
Examples
« rock music appeals to the young »
« youth everywhere rises in revolt »
Antonyms
aged
Qualitative Adjective
young
Etymology
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
Definitions
1.
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
Examples
« young people »
Synonyms
adolescent
teen
teenage
teenaged
boyish
boylike
schoolboyish
childlike
childly
early
formative
girlish
schoolgirlish
infantile
junior
little
small
newborn
puppyish
puppylike
tender
vulnerable
youngish
youthful
vernal
preteen
preadolescent
Antonyms
old
See also
immature
junior
new