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youth
  1. (uncountable) The quality or state of being young.
  2. (uncountable) The part of life following childhood; the period of existence preceding maturity or age; the whole early part of life, from childhood, or, sometimes, from infancy, to adulthood.
  3. (countable) A young person.
  4. (countable) A young man.
  5. (uncountable) (used in plural form) Young persons, collectively.
  6. Synonyms:
  7. Examples:
    1. “During my youth, I would engage in activities such as swimming at the creek, hunting, fishing, and camping.”
      “You have an endearing quality of youth and innocence that attracts people.”
      “We must learn about the community and culture of the youth in the cities we're called to minister in.”
younker
  1. a young man; a lad, youngster
  2. (obsolete) a young gentleman or knight
  3. (obsolete) a novice; a simpleton; a dupe
  4. junker
  5. Examples:
    1. “Wal, younker, if you've no 'bjection you can lay down and snooze till morning.”
      “Louise and the other younker will suffice for all the pupils we shall get in war-time!”
      “The younker has been here, but what the mischief has become of him?”
young
  1. People who are young; young people, collectively; youth.
  2. Young or immature offspring (especially of an animal).
  3. (rare, possibly nonstandard) An individual offspring; a single recently born or hatched organism.
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  5. Examples:
    1. “From a distance, the lion's young watches her as she stalks her prey.”
      “It would be interesting to compare the values of the young of today to previous generations.”
younghood
youngblood
  1. Someone who constitutes or brings fresh blood, especially a youngster who joins an older team etc.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Mr. youngblood, what is your best estimate as to the time it took to get to Parkland Hospital after the shooting occurred?”
      “Before you go on, Mr. youngblood, let me drop back and pick up a few of the details theretofore.”
      “I felt the automobile sharply accelerate, and in a moment or so Agent youngblood released me.”
youthsploitation
  1. (film) A genre of exploitation films starring young actors.
younging
  1. (geology) The direction in which stratigraphy becomes younger, for a particular formation
youngness
  1. The state or qualities of being young or youthful; youth.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “From the title on, your article stresses the youngness of this neoconservative movement.”
      “But the life changes, the youngness time passes and the body begins to support on other properties that are inside of its compos mentis.”
      “That apparent slowness can be explained by the youngness of the discipline.”
youthfest
  1. (informal) A gathering of young people, or one where youth is celebrated.
youngling
youthhood
  1. The state of being young, either in age or in spirit; youth.
youthism
  1. discrimination against young people
  2. Examples:
    1. “Physical prejudice exists among people surrounding ageism, youthism, sizeism and disabilities.”
youthfulness
  1. The vitality characteristic of youth.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Her youthful energy and optimism radiated a timeless youthfulness that brought joy to everyone around her.”
      “The vibrant and exuberant state of being, characterized by bloom, energy, and enthusiasm, is a true reflection of her youthfulness.”
      “She delights in flaunting her youthfulness in the face of her older colleagues.”
yout
  1. Eye dialect spelling of youth.
youngth
  1. (archaic) youth; the quality of being young
youngstock
youngest
  1. The youngest child in a family, or individual in a group.
  2. Synonyms:
youthhead
  1. (obsolete) Youth; youthhood.
youngster
  1. A young person.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “It has been a troubled adolescence for the youngster and those around him.”
      “A sharp-eyed youngster has found a medieval coin dating back more than 700 years in his school playground.”
      “The youngster starts 10 days of chemotherapy, which will be immediately followed by a life-saving stem cell transplant.”
younger
  1. (rare) One who is younger than another.
youthfulnesses
youngbloods
  1. plural of youngblood
younglings
  1. plural of youngling
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Even so I still feel a paternal affection for these two callow younglings, if mainly for their ardency.”
      “Starry-eyed younglings had scaled the walls of reality to enter the Magic Kingdom.”
      “This is the best, as it is the pitiful foolishness of the blackcock younglings.”
youngsters
  1. plural of youngster
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “What was at issue was the fact that the youngsters ought to have been in school, and had not been given any permission to absent themselves.”
      “Thousands of Swindon youngsters will be eagerly waiting up for Santa to drop down the chimney tonight.”
      “And families will need to keep a close watch on youngsters taking such drugs.”
youthfests
  1. plural of youthfest
youthhoods
  1. plural of youthhood
youngnesses
youngests
  1. plural of youngest
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “They have got two children, Pip, the eldest is called, and the youngests name is Rags.”
youngers
  1. plural of younger
  2. Examples:
    1. “It is a way to comunicate and promote 'respect', a recreational way to make youngers aware of a positive way of living anywhere you might live.”
      “He is even something of a preacher, a praiser of the time when he was a boy, a censor and corrector of his youngers.”
      “All these questions never found any answer, but he decided after a few months to provide answers to others and to explain science to youngers.”
younkers
  1. plural of younker
youths
  1. plural of youth
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Up to fifteen youths in the estate have quad bikes and nowhere to use them.”
      “The fact is that the organizers had greatly underestimated the enthusiasm and warm-heartedness of local youths.”
      “It is brainwashing, profoundly unhealthy, and a foundation course for turning disaffected youths into terrorists.”
youts
  1. plural of yout
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