Young (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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adjective, young·er [yuhng-ger], /ˈyʌŋ gər/, young·est [yuhng-gist]. /ˈyʌŋ gɪst/.
  1. being in the first or early stage of life or growth; youthful; not old: a young woman.
  2. having the appearance, freshness, vigor, or other qualities of youth.
  3. of or relating to youth: in one's young days.
  4. inexperienced or immature.
  5. not far advanced in years in comparison with another or others.
  6. junior, as applied to the younger of two persons having the same name: the young Mr. Smith.
  7. being in an early stage generally, as of existence, progress, operation, development, or maturity; new; early: a young wine; It is a young company, not yet firmly established.
  8. representing or advocating recent or progressive tendencies, policies, or the like.
noun
  1. those who have youth; young persons collectively: the educated young of today; a game for young and old.
  2. young offspring: a mother hen protecting her young.
Idioms
  1. (of an animal) pregnant.
noun
  1. U.S. clergyman, Black civil rights leader, politician, and diplomat: mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, 1981–89.
  2. U.S. cartoonist and author.
  3. U.S. leader of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
  4. U.S. army colonel: highest-ranking Black officer in World War I.
  5. U.S. baseball player.
  6. English poet.
  7. Irish poet and mythologist in the U.S.
  8. U.S. jazz tenor saxophonist.
  9. U.S. lawyer, industrialist, government administrator, and financier.
  10. U.S. drama critic, novelist, and playwright.
  11. English physician, physicist, mathematician, and Egyptologist.
  12. U.S. social worker and educator: executive director of the National Urban League 1961–71.
adjective younger (ˈjʌŋɡə) or youngest (ˈjʌŋɡɪst)
    • having lived, existed, or been made or known for a relatively short time
    • (as collective noun; preceded by the)
  2. youthful or having qualities associated with youth; vigorous or lively
  3. of or relating to youth
  4. having been established or introduced for a relatively short time
  5. in an early stage of progress or development; not far advanced
  6. geography
    • (of mountains) formed in the Alpine orogeny and still usually rugged in outline
    • another term for youthful (def. 4)
  7. of or relating to a rejuvenated group or movement or one claiming to represent the younger members of the population, esp one adhering to a political ideology
noun
  1. offspring, esp young animals
  2. (of animals) pregnant
noun
  1. Brigham (ˈbrɪɡəm). 1801–77, US Mormon leader, who led the Mormon migration to Utah and founded Salt Lake City (1847)
  2. Edward. 1683–1765, English poet and dramatist, noted for his Night Thoughts on Life, Death, and Immortality (1742–45)
  3. Lester. 1909–59, US saxophonist and clarinetist. He was a leading early exponent of the tenor saxophone in jazz
  4. Neil (Percival). born 1945, Canadian rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter. His albums include Harvest (1972), Rust Never Sleeps (1979), Ragged Glory (1990), and Prairie Wind (2005)
  5. Thomas. 1773–1829, English physicist, physician, and Egyptologist. He helped to establish the wave theory of light by his experiments on optical interference and assisted in the decipherment of the Rosetta Stone
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