youth

Noun

Meaning

of Youth

The quality or state of being young; youthfulness; juvenility.

The part of life that succeeds to childhood; the period of existence preceding maturity or age; the whole early part of life, from childhood, or, sometimes, from infancy, to manhood.

A young person; especially, a young man.

Young persons, collectively.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

teenage adolescence boyhood girlhood juvenescence children young people minors youthfulness early years juveniles youngsters teenage years pippin bambino
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Antonyms

heifer time age majority methuselah lass
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Hypernyms

period maturity juvenile cohort matureness age group

Hyponyms

slip pup blade pupil puppy schoolchild

Related terms

young

Phrases with the word

The Youth youth is wasted on the young in the flower of one's youth youth subculture generation of youth my burning youth

Derivatives

youths youth

Anagrams

Tuohy

Examples

In youth we learn; in age we understand. Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

Youth is easily deceived because it is quick to hope. Aristotle

Make wisdom your provision for the journey from youth to old age, for it is a more certain support than all other possessions. Bias of Priene

An eagle's old age is worth a sparrow's youth. Greek Proverb

Youth likes to wander. Irish Proverb

These youth taught their mother to give birth. Somali Proverb

Close letter words and terms

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