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juvenescent

adjective

as in young

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for juvenescent
  1. young
  2. youthful
  3. infantile
  4. girlish
  5. childish
  6. boyish
Adjective
  • Wigglesworth found a young Alexander Hamilton making almost the same diagnosis two centuries ago, in a letter unearthed via a mention in Ron Chernow’s biography.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2026
  • While this may be framed as a military problem, the problem stems from the decade before a young person reaches enlistment age.
    — Stanley McChrystal, STAT, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of young
Adjective
  • Although it was teased at the crown, the hairstyle was characterized by a softer, more youthful harmony.
    — María Diez, Glamour, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Irritated by this youthful, overly eager visitor, Highsmith refuses the offer — unless, that is, Ridgeway can dream up the perfect murder along with her.
    — Pete Hammond, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of youthful
Adjective
  • Many have remarked that there is something touchingly infantile in both the watching and the making of a trash movie.
    — Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Among them is his baby son, who rests in ‘infantile sublimity, exuding a high gloss induced by early death….
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of infantile
Adjective
  • The books’ capacious geography felt like a girlish form of manifest destiny.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Aug. 2026
  • The label saw her girlish soprano and bubbly personality as perfect for the pop charts, but Parton longed to be a country star.
    — Deborah Wilker, HollywoodReporter, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of girlish
Adjective
  • There is a playful feeling to many PATTARAPHAN pieces, but this is not childish work.
    — Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026
  • And also settling a very childish dispute between the airport and the contractors.
    — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of childish
Adjective
  • That boyish man is Bryan (Austin Abrams), a medical courier who accepts a job that will take him outside his normal route to Raccoon City, which unbeknownst to him has become overrun by monsters.
    — Joshua Rivera, Vulture, 21 Sep. 2026
  • His boyish looks notwithstanding, Kiernan is now one of the deans of New York television, approaching his 30th year on NY1.
    — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of boyish
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“Juvenescent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/juvenescent. Accessed 30 Sep. 2026.

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