Entry Word: young

Function: adjective

Meaning: being in the early stage of life, growth, or development <a young cat requires more food than an older one> <a young tree that will eventually reach 50 feet tall>

Synonyms adolescent, immature, juvenile, youngish, youthful

Related Words minor, underage; embryonic; callow, green, inexperienced, puerile, raw; babyish, childish, childlike, infantile; undeveloped, unfinished, unfledged, unformed, unripe, unripened; blooming, blossoming, burgeoning, flourishing, flowering

Near Antonyms aged, aging, elderly, old; full-blown, full-fledged; golden, mellow, ripe, ripened

Antonyms adult, full-grown, mature, matured