(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 107 freq. cnt.: 107

immature

young

sample sentences

"young people"

(of crops) harvested at an early stage of development; before complete maturity
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

new

young

sample sentences

"new potatoes"
"young corn"

not tried or tested by experience
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

unseasoned

untested

untried

young

sample sentences

"unseasoned artillery volunteers"
"still untested in battle"
"an illustrator untried in mural painting"
"a young hand at plowing"

being in its early stage
<adj.all>

young

sample sentences

"a young industry"
"the day is still young"

suggestive of youth; vigorous and fresh
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 11 freq. cnt.: 10 freq. cnt.: 1

vernal

young

youthful

sample sentences

"he is young for his age"

any immature animal
<noun.animal>   freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 7

offspring

young

young people collectively
<noun.group>   freq. cnt.: 10 freq. cnt.: 10

young

youth

sample sentences

"rock music appeals to the young"
"youth everywhere rises in revolt"

a young radical who agitates for reform
<noun.person>

young Turk

a bird that is still young
<noun.animal>

young bird

a teenager or a young adult male
<noun.person>   freq. cnt.: 14 freq. cnt.: 14

young buck

young man

the young of certain carnivorous mammals such as the bear or wolf or lion
<noun.animal>

cub

young carnivore

a fish that is young
<noun.animal>

young fish

a girl or young woman who is unmarried
<noun.person>   freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 4

jeune fille

lass

lassie

young girl

a young female
<noun.person>   freq. cnt.: 88 freq. cnt.: 80 freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 1

fille

girl

miss

missy

young lady

young woman

sample sentences

"a young lady of 18"

any immature mammal
<noun.animal>

young mammal

a teenager or a young adult male
<noun.person>   freq. cnt.: 14 freq. cnt.: 14

young buck

young man

a young person (especially a young man or boy)
<noun.person>   freq. cnt.: 323 freq. cnt.: 323

spring chicken

young person

younker

youth

a young female
<noun.person>   freq. cnt.: 88 freq. cnt.: 80 freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 1

fille

girl

miss

missy

young lady

young woman

sample sentences

"a young lady of 18"

capable of producing eggs and bearing offspring
<adj.all>   (a)   (a)

egg-producing

young-bearing

capable of fathering offspring
<adj.all>   (a)

young-begetting

used of the younger of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a son from his father
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3

jr.

younger

sample sentences

"John Junior"
"John Smith, Jr."

somewhat young
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

youngish

the opposite of oldness
<noun.attribute>

youngness

a young person of either sex
<noun.person>   freq. cnt.: 207 freq. cnt.: 148 freq. cnt.: 53 freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 2

child

fry

kid

minor

nestling

nipper

shaver

small fry

tiddler

tike

tyke

youngster

sample sentences

"she writes books for children"
"they're just kids"
"`tiddler' is a British term for youngster"

a young person (especially a young man or boy)
<noun.person>   freq. cnt.: 323 freq. cnt.: 323

spring chicken

young person

younker

youth

a young person (especially a young man or boy)
<noun.person>   freq. cnt.: 323 freq. cnt.: 323

spring chicken

young person

younker

youth

young people collectively
<noun.group>   freq. cnt.: 10 freq. cnt.: 10

young

youth

sample sentences

"rock music appeals to the young"
"youth everywhere rises in revolt"

the time of life between childhood and maturity
<noun.time>   freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 5

youth

early maturity; the state of being young or immature or inexperienced
<noun.state>   freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

youth

the freshness and vitality characteristic of a young person
<noun.attribute>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

juvenility

youth

youthfulness

an early period of development
<noun.time>   freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1

early days

youth

sample sentences

"during the youth of the project"

political or religious or social reform movement or agitation consisting chiefly of young people
<noun.act>

youth crusade

youth movement

young adults (a generational unit) considered as a cultural class or subculture
<noun.group>

youth culture

a gang whose members are teenagers
<noun.group>

youth gang

inexpensive supervised lodging (especially for youths on bicycling trips)
<noun.artifact>

hostel

student lodging

youth hostel

political or religious or social reform movement or agitation consisting chiefly of young people
<noun.act>

youth crusade

youth movement

a minority youth culture whose distinctiveness depended largely on the social class and ethnic background of its members; often characterized by its adoption of a particular music genre
<noun.group>

youth subculture

vigorous perennial herb with flowers in erect racemes and having young plants develop at the junction of a leaf blade and the leafstalk
<noun.plant>

Tolmiea menziesii

pickaback plant

piggyback plant

youth-on-age

suggestive of youth; vigorous and fresh
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 11 freq. cnt.: 10 freq. cnt.: 1

vernal

young

youthful

sample sentences

"he is young for his age"

in a youthful manner
<adv.all>

youthfully

sample sentences

"he is still youthfully enthusiastic"