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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Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 13 Oct. 2025
That youthful connection continued through other hosts who took over NBC's Late Night franchise, from the serious silliness of Conan O'Brien to the hard-partying glad-handing of Jimmy Fallon.
—Eric Deggans, NPR, 13 Oct. 2025
There are so many progressive, young, youthful people,rom art to community-type people.
—Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 11 Oct. 2025
And yes, there were occasional hijinks spurred by youthful boredom and restlessness.
—Scott Huver, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
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 17 Oct. 2025.
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