1
: of, relating to, or characteristic of youth
youthful inexperience
2
: being young and not yet mature
3
: marked by or possessing youth
youthful dancers
4
: having the vitality or freshness of youth : vigorous
my youthful grandparents
5
: having accomplished or undergone little erosion
youthful mountains
youthfulness
noun
Examples of youthful in a Sentence
My grandparents are still very youthful.
it's still a youthful nation with a lot of promise and potential
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Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 16 May 2026
Most accounts of the era blame greed—a new ethic of cupidity that displaced whatever youthful idealism remained from the 1960s.
—Literary Hub, 15 May 2026
The restaurant has a youthful, Instagrammable vibe.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 15 May 2026
O’Sullivan delivered classic elegance and youthful whimsy in equal measure.
—Paola Singer, Architectural Digest, 14 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for youthful
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“Youthful.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/youthful. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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