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Meaning of young in English

  1. Pronunciation

    /jəŋ/

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  1. Classifying Adjective

    young

    Definitions

    1. (of crops) harvested at an early stage of development

    Examples

    • « before complete maturity »
    • « new potatoes »
    • « young corn »

    Synonyms

    • early
  2. Noun

    young

    Definitions

    1. any immature animal
  3. 2. United States film and television actress (1913-2000)
  4. 3. United States civil rights leader (1921-1971)
  5. 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) »
  6. 5. United States jazz tenor saxophonist (1909-1959)
  7. 6. English poet (1683-1765)
  8. 7. United States baseball player and famous pitcher (1867-1955)
  9. 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) »
  10. 9. young people collectively

    Examples

    • « rock music appeals to the young »
    • « youth everywhere rises in revolt »

    Antonyms

    • aged
  11. 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

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