as in youthful
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 & Similar Words
Relevance
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
as in offspring
Related Words
Dissimilar Words
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of young
Avery Newmark, AJC.com, 18 Mar. 2026
The craft, once passed down through generations, is now facing the reality that fewer young people—seduced by high-flying, big-city office jobs—are interested in toiling in its timeworn factories.
—Jessica Binns, Sourcing Journal, 18 Mar. 2026
Elliott Wenzler, Denver Post, 2 Dec. 2025
According to the zoo, orangutans have the longest interbirth interval — or period of time between babies — of all non-human primates, as mothers care for their young for seven to eight years before giving birth to another baby.
—Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 7 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for young
Adjective
The study found after a series of treatments, the gene expression patterns of aged skin actually shifted to more closely resemble younger skin at a molecular level.
—Avery Newmark, AJC.com, 18 Mar. 2026
The craft, once passed down through generations, is now facing the reality that fewer young people—seduced by high-flying, big-city office jobs—are interested in toiling in its timeworn factories.
—Jessica Binns, Sourcing Journal, 18 Mar. 2026
Noun
The intelligent critters will rip off roof shingles to enter an attic, crawl through vents, give birth to their young in a chimney or tear up a home’s insulation to make their beds.
—Elliott Wenzler, Denver Post, 2 Dec. 2025
According to the zoo, orangutans have the longest interbirth interval — or period of time between babies — of all non-human primates, as mothers care for their young for seven to eight years before giving birth to another baby.
—Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 7 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for young
Recent Examples of Synonyms for young
Adjective
-
Nuptials—both real and cinematic—aside, The Drama press tour has given Zendaya the opportunity to enjoy some of her prettiest and most youthful looks in recent years.—
Elizabeth Logan,
Glamour,
17 Mar. 2026
-
In response to questions from the youthful Asian Film Awards Academy audience, Jia also offered a glimpse into his scripting process.—
Marcus Lim,
Variety,
17 Mar. 2026
Noun
-
An analysis of the recordings showed that the parents behaved aggressively toward the divers more often when the human interlopers were staring at the offspring or the parent, compared with when the diver was looking in another direction or completely turned away.—
Gennaro Tomma,
Scientific American,
17 Mar. 2026
-
Colossal’s researchers use it to alter the DNA of living animals so offspring express traits associated with their extinct relatives.—
Hanna Wickes,
Charlotte Observer,
16 Mar. 2026
Adjective
-
The juvenile operator suffered life-threatening injuries and was taken to hospital where he was pronounced dead, police said.—
Carlos E. Castañeda,
CBS News,
21 Mar. 2026
-
Our hearts go out to the innocent juvenile victim of this unspeakable crime and her family.—
Taijuan Moorman,
USA Today,
20 Mar. 2026
Noun
-
There are family get-togethers — and then there’s gathering your entire brood together to make a low-budget horror movie about [checks notes] a family who gets together to make a low-budget horror movie.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
20 Mar. 2026
-
On Instagram Thursday, the Spanish singer randomly dropped an adorable picture of his brood.—
Madeleine Marr,
Miami Herald,
20 Mar. 2026
Adjective
-
Preterm and low-birth-weight babies are at higher risk than full-term babies of developing NEC, potentially because of their immature digestive systems, according to the National Institutes of Health.—
Lisa Schencker,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Mar. 2026
-
When the eggs hatch, the immature stages start feeding.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
3 Mar. 2026
Noun
-
The smugglers let him aboard, and the boy clambered around hatches that, if opened, would reveal dozens of felonies worth of illicit cargo.—
Jack Crosbie,
Rolling Stone,
17 Mar. 2026
-
Track based its 30-second fast-setup estimate on the original design that entailed separately deploying the deck before lifting the hatch, so the new design gets campers into bed even more quickly.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
17 Mar. 2026
Adjective
-
In one study cited in the review, adolescent athletes with poor mental health and well-being were one-and-a-half times more likely to sustain an injury compared with their peers without mental health problems.—
Ian McMahan,
New York Times,
21 Mar. 2026
-
The point is that protection against MenB is separate from the routine adolescent meningitis vaccine.—
Katia Hetter,
CNN Money,
20 Mar. 2026
Noun
-
Only a shadow of these forests’ old-growth trees remain as their second-growth progeny continue to be felled.—
Evan Mills,
Mercury News,
15 Mar. 2026
-
But now, after the assassination of the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and with the collapse of the Iranian regime looking more likely, the IRGC and its progeny are in an existential moment.—
Colin P. Clarke,
The Atlantic,
7 Mar. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Young.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/young. Accessed 25 Mar. 2026.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
