young
1. any immature animal (Freq. 7)
• Syn:
offspring
• Hypernyms:
animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna
• Hyponyms:
hatchling, orphan, young mammal, young bird, spat, young fish
2. young people collectively
- rock music appeals to the young
- youth everywhere rises in revolt
• Syn:
youth
• Ant:
aged
• Hypernyms:
age group, age bracket, cohort
1. (used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth (Freq. 107)
- young people
• Syn:
immature
• Ant:
old
• Similar to:
one-year-old, two-year-old, three-year-old, four-year-old, five-year-old,
adolescent, teen, teenage, teenaged, infantile, boyish,
boylike, schoolboyish, childlike, childly, early, girlish,
schoolgirlish, junior, little, small, newborn, preteen,
preteen, puppyish, puppylike, tender, youngish,
youthful, vernal
• See Also:
immature, junior, new
• Derivationally related forms:
immatureness (for: immature), youngness
• Topics:
living thing, animate thing
• Attrubites:
age
2. (of crops) harvested at an early stage of development;
before complete maturity (Freq. 1)
- new potatoes
- young corn
• Syn:
new
• Similar to:
early
3. suggestive of youth;
vigorous and fresh
- he is young for his age
• Syn:
youthful, vernal
• Similar to:
immature
• Derivationally related forms:
youthfulness (for: youthful)
4. being in its early stage
- a young industry
- the day is still young
• Similar to:
new
• Derivationally related forms:
youngness
5. not tried or tested by experience
- unseasoned artillery volunteers
- still untested in battle
- an illustrator untried in mural painting
- a young hand at plowing
• Syn:
unseasoned, untested, untried
• Similar to:
inexperienced, inexperient
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