Young definition

Young as an adjective

1. (used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth

   "young people"

   Same sense: immature

2. (of crops) harvested at an early stage of development; before complete maturity

   "young corn"

   Same sense: new

3. suggestive of youth; vigorous and fresh

   "he is young for his age"

   Same sense: youthful, vernal

4. being in its early stage

   "a young industry"

5. not tried or tested by experience

   "a young hand at plowing"

   Same sense: untested, untried, unseasoned

Young as a noun

6. any immature animal

   Same sense: offspring

7. young people collectively

   "rock music appeals to the young"

   Same sense: youth

Synonyms and antonyms

• immature
• new definition
• youthful
• vernal
• untested
• untried
• unseasoned
• offspring
• youth

Opposites: old, aged.

All synonyms of young, sense by sense

How to say young

Young has 1 syllable and rhymes with among. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.

Words that rhyme with young

• among
• tongue
• hung
• lung
• sung
• swung
• sprung
• flung
• strung
• stung
• dung
• rung

All 20 words that rhyme with young

YOUNG in word games

Scrabble

9

Words With Friends

11

Anagrams

0

Is YOUNG a valid Scrabble word? Yes, it is in the ENABLE list most word games use. Check YOUNG in the word checker, or unscramble YOUNG to see the shorter words in its letters.