Synonyms of youngish

youngish

adjective

as in young

being in the early stage of life, growth, or development

a youngish but surprisingly mature audience showed up to watch the serious film

Synonyms & Similar Words

• young
• youthful
• juvenile
• immature
• teenage
• adolescent
• inexperienced
• minor
• emergent
• underage
• subadult
• embryonic
• burgeoning
• flowering
• childlike
• callow
• childish
• green
• preteen
• infantile
• ephebic
• undeveloped
• babyish
• unformed
• unfinished
• puerile
• unripe
• unfledged
• flourishing
• blooming
• infantine
• raw
• blossoming
• unripened
• kiddish

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• older
• elderly
• adult
• mature
• old
• senior
• aged
• matured
• geriatric
• ancient
• oldish
• aging
• senescent
• long-lived
• grown-up
• ripe
• middle-aged
• full-blown
• full-fledged
• golden
• mellow
• ripened
• senile
• over-the-hill
• doddering
• decrepit
• spavined
• tottery
• anile

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of youngish

Gesturing to the youngish man with the close shave, a simple come hither. — Literary Hub, 9 Oct. 2026

The Pope, Leo XIV, is an American from Chicago’s bungalow belt, and, after him, the second most prominent American Catholic is Vance himself—a youngish convert from small-town evangelical Protestantism, a Marine veteran, and an alumnus of Ohio State and Yale Law. — Paul Elie, New Yorker, 27 June 2026

Ideally, the Blackhawks wanted a youngish, left-handed, puck-moving defenseman who could play alongside the likes of Levshunov and Sam Rinzel, while elevating and supporting that group’s development. — Scott Powers, New York Times, 24 June 2026

Meanwhile, Breeze Airways, a youngish discounter that marked its fifth anniversary in May, is launching eight new destinations from the airport in July, including service to Tallahassee. — David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 22 June 2026

To the astonishment of many a Bobhead, Dylan’s guitarist Doug Lancio was replaced in Santa Barbara by Julian Lage, the youngish jazz star known for his work with Gary Burton and John Zorn. — Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2026

There’s also a growing crop of youngish skippers who made the managerial turn quite quickly after their playing days. — Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 10 Apr. 2026

So a first question, after this signature collaboration between Rodríguez, Cobos and Corral, is how many others in Spain’s superb youngish cadre of film and TV creators – Sorogoyen, Ruiz de Azúa, the Javis and Laxe, to name just a few – may end up working with Corral. — John Hopewell, Variety, 26 Mar. 2026

Americans, especially ones who were youngish and worked on computers, were toting green paper bags around coastal cities (and later, smaller towns and non-coastal cities) en masse. — Will Gottsegen, The Atlantic, 10 Jan. 2026