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adjective

ˈyəŋ How to pronounce young (audio)
Definition of youngnext
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

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young

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noun

as in offspring

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Recent Examples of young
Adjective
That conviction also shapes the way Sallam thinks about younger audiences. — Essie Assibu, Variety, 2 Nov. 2026 Away from the elections, the briefing covers a new boom in fossil fuels driven by Big Tech and the latest research on the mysterious rise of colorectal cancer among young people. — Francesca Ebel, Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2026
Noun
Rainwater, or the water of life, as it was known in Russia, healed all wounds, made lost limbs grow back, turned the old young again, and raised the dead up from the grave. — Literary Hub, 22 July 2026 This editor was a devoted watcher, decades ago, when a young who’s who of literary types Skyped in to talk with Bob, from Ezra Klein to Ta-Nehisi Coates and Megan McArdle. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 24 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for young
Recent Examples of Synonyms for young
  1. youthful
  2. offspring
  3. juvenile
  4. brood
  5. immature
  6. hatch
  7. adolescent
  8. progeny
Adjective
  • The character introduced as youthful comic relief became an enduring piece of the series’ optimistic picture of the future.
    — Daniel Ross Goodman, The Washington Examiner, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Stewart, who died Wednesday at 86, was 82 then, friendly and dapper and emanating a youthful sense of wonder and readiness.
    — Television Critic, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of youthful
Noun
  • Schubarth subsequently bred offspring of the Montana Mountain King to captive bighorn ewes on his farm west of Great Falls.
    — Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 29 Oct. 2026
  • First elephant to be born at KC Zoo The calf will be the first offspring of parents Zuri, a 17-year-old female, and Tamani, a 21-year-old male.
    — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of offspring
Adjective
  • The waiver, which ACS received in 2023, allowed the agency to place multiple juvenile detainees to sleep in hallways, classrooms and chapels, potentially restricting access to educational and other programming.
    — Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 1 Nov. 2026
  • Directed by Claudia Estrada Tarascó, the film follows girls in a juvenile justice facility who bond over music and dreams of a Barcelona trap competition.
    — Emiliano de Pablos, Variety, 1 Nov. 2026
Definition of juvenile
Noun
  • The Pennsylvania native has added three more to her brood in recent years.
    — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Kate called the country home for several years with her parents, Carole and Michael Middleton, and has returned to visit with Prince William and their brood.
    — Stephanie Bridger-Linning, Vanity Fair, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of brood
Adjective
  • The connective tissue between different models remains immature, and real transformation depends on it.
    — Chris Koehler, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Edamame Edamame, or immature soybeans, is naturally rich in both protein and fiber.
    — Sarah Jividen, Verywell Health, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of immature
Noun
  • In Seuss’ black and white, hatch marked version of the real world, readers enter the home of two children when Cat arrives at their front door with two Things in tow.
    — Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Batten down the hatches — what’s about to happen is Liza territory.
    — Daniel D'Addario, Variety, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of hatch
Adjective
  • It was used in the 1820 Missouri Compromise to establish the limits of human bondage in the still adolescent United States and became synonymous with the fundamental divisions that exploded into the Civil War four decades later.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Ile began her career as an adolescent, singing backup vocals for Calle 13, the band started by her brothers, Residente and Visitante (René Pérez Joglar and Eduardo Cabra Martínez).
    — Helena Alonso Paisley, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of adolescent
Noun
  • Otherwise, genetic defects might start to crop up among the progeny and threaten their survivability.
    — Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Others criticized them for often being the progeny of Asian mothers and white fathers, as though this were somehow their fault.
    — E. Alex Jung, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2026
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