Synonyms of youth

youth

noun

ˈyüth 

1

as in boy

a male person who has not yet reached adulthood

a big, strapping youth who, even at his relatively young age, knew the meaning of hard work

Synonyms & Similar Words

• boy
• teenager
• kid
• adolescent
• lad
• toddler
• stripling
• sonny
• laddie
• nipper
• shaveling
• shaver
• juvenile
• youngster
• boychick
• callant
• boyo
• tween
• minor
• youngling
• kiddie
• kiddo
• tad
• moppet
• gamin
• whippersnapper
• urchin
• hobbledehoy
• guttersnipe
• tyke
• schoolboy
• imp
• squirt
• tot
• mama's boy

2

as in kid

a young person who is between infancy and adulthood

rounded up the neighborhood youths and organized them into a softball team

Synonyms & Similar Words

• kid
• child
• juvenile
• teenager
• adolescent
• youngster
• cub
• chick
• teen
• youngling
• kiddie
• kiddo
• baby
• bud
• moppet
• whelp
• monkey
• infant
• sprat
• bairn
• sprout
• toddler
• chap
• squirt
• bambino
• minor
• schoolboy
• schoolchild
• newborn
• preschooler
• schoolkid
• neonate
• schoolgirl
• tyke
• kindergartner
• lad
• nestling
• preteen
• rug rat
• tween
• weanling
• whippersnapper
• bantling
• urchin
• teener
• cherub
• teenybopper
• tot
• babe
• rascal
• mischief
• stripling
• hellion
• rogue
• rapscallion
• imp
• jackanapes
• subteen
• tomboy
• nipper
• devil
• shaver
• hoyden
• preteen-ager
• bobby-soxer
• tad

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• adult
• grown-up
• elder
• senior citizen
• ancient
• oldster
• old-timer
• senior
• middle-ager
• golden-ager

3

as in childhood

the state or time of being a child

told the young people to enjoy their youth while they could

Synonyms & Similar Words

• childhood
• adolescence
• infancy
• boyhood
• springtime
• minority
• nonage
• girlhood
• immaturity
• toddlerhood
• juvenility
• babyhood
• juvenescence

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• adulthood
• majority
• winter
• midlife
• middle age
• sunset
• senectitude

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of youth

Undaunted by the huge blank wall, Mendez recruited some of the same young people working on the 23rd Street mural along with youth from the neighborhood. — Kansas City Star, 29 Oct. 2026

Cruz Jimenez has celebrated Día de los Muertos at Hollywood Forever since her youth. — Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026

Zoe Luca Zoe joined Condé Nast in 2026 as the UK Education Manager, bringing with her 6 years of experience within the education, youth and non-profit sector. — Vogue, 28 Oct. 2026

According to the lawsuit, which was first reported by the New York Times and filed on Tuesday, Amazon software engineer Bowen Wan had struggled with epilepsy since youth but had been able to manage her illness with medication. — Maggie Harrison Dupré, Futurism, 28 Oct. 2026