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

Petersen also was struck by the seriousness of today’s youth. — Sheena McKenzie, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2026

When the going gets rough, Spoelstra often defaults to Jovic’s youth. — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2026

The fund is working toward a goal of mobilizing $100 million for organizations that increase access to youth mental health services and education around the world. — Alicia Urrea, Billboard, 8 Oct. 2026

Lorch, who died in 2012 at the age of 79, was a powerful corporate attorney and executive whose Riverside Hawks basketball teams forged the template for the modern $40 billion youth sports industry. — Luke Cyphers, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2026