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
Arkansas Online, 26 Feb. 2026
The two of them don’t have any other family in America, and Ricardo has a young daughter who still lives in Cuba.
—Lisa Hagen, Hartford Courant, 25 Feb. 2026
Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 27 Oct. 2025
Felony record this young doesn't bode well for their future, so what now?
—Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for young
Adjective
But Georgetown's Marshall said many young patients lack common risk factors.
—Arkansas Online, 26 Feb. 2026
The two of them don’t have any other family in America, and Ricardo has a young daughter who still lives in Cuba.
—Lisa Hagen, Hartford Courant, 25 Feb. 2026
Noun
Unsurprisingly, the trend skews young, with viewers aged 18 to 34 being 21% more likely to watch a mini-drama.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 27 Oct. 2025
Felony record this young doesn't bode well for their future, so what now?
—Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for young
Recent Examples of Synonyms for young
Adjective
-
After the war, jackets began to be worn for reasons of style rather than utility, spurred on by a wave of films like 1953’s The Wild One, in which Marlon Brando turned the leather motorcycle jacket into the ultimate symbol of youthful rebellion.—
Eric Twardzik,
Robb Report,
2 Mar. 2026
-
Intergenerational collaboration—combining youthful experimentation with seasoned judgment—creates resilience.—
Klaus Schwab,
Time,
1 Mar. 2026
Noun
-
Curled at the forelegs is a smaller camel’s carcass, likely its offspring.—
Anel Rakhimzhanova,
Artforum,
1 Mar. 2026
-
That unlikely combo provides a compelling opportunity for DiCaprio to sample a few lines of indigenous dialogue with his character’s offspring, and suggests a unique complication of the traditional cowboys-and-Indians trope through a revisionist lens.—
Eric Kohn,
IndieWire,
25 Feb. 2026
Adjective
-
In this case, the teen will remain in juvenile detention for around 18 to 30 months.—
Conor Wight,
CBS News,
28 Feb. 2026
-
Sheriff Garry McFadden will not put forward a budget request to the county to reopen Charlotte’s former juvenile jail, according to emails between County Manager Mike Bryant and a state official.—
Ryan Oehrli
February 27,
Charlotte Observer,
27 Feb. 2026
Noun
-
Their brood included seven boys and four girls, the youngest of whom was born after her father’s 1968 assassination.—
Elle Meier,
InStyle,
26 Feb. 2026
-
The couple moved to the Middle East and worked as pastor and pastor’s wife, ministering to expatriates, learning Arabic and homeschooling their growing brood.—
Rachel Clarke,
CNN Money,
22 Feb. 2026
Adjective
-
Boycotting a State of the Union is immature and inappropriate.—
Bobby Zirkin,
Baltimore Sun,
26 Feb. 2026
-
Edamame are young, immature soybeans.—
Amy Brownstein,
Verywell Health,
26 Feb. 2026
Noun
-
Andrey Fedyaev – opened the hatches to board the outpost.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
24 Feb. 2026
-
The hatch may not be as popular at the K4 sedan, which is an automotive tragedy.—
Morgan Korn,
ABC News,
22 Feb. 2026
Adjective
-
Haynes, who has lived in South Florida since 1993 and trained in child and adolescent trauma after Hurricane Andrew, said resilience is as much a part of the Iranian story as suffering.—
Ashley Miznazi,
Miami Herald,
1 Mar. 2026
-
Derry Girls, which followed teens in McGee’s native Derry in the years preceding 1998’s Good Friday Agreement, was a raucous, joke-dense show that juxtaposed mundane adolescent rites of passage with the daily horrors of life in Northern Ireland during the Troubles.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
27 Feb. 2026
Noun
-
Their new study published today in the journal Nature indicates that a specific molecular group inside the brain may largely determine how dads react to their progeny.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
18 Feb. 2026
-
Throughout his rise to power and reign, actually, rumors constantly swirled about Hitler’s romantic partners and possible progeny.—
Rosemary Counter,
Vanity Fair,
19 Jan. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Young.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/young. Accessed 5 Mar. 2026.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
