Synonyms for young
Another word for young is immature, new or little. Below are 32 synonyms and 15 related words across 7 senses, with antonyms.
Also searched as: youngest, youngs.
1. adjective: (used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
- immature synonyms
- new synonyms
- little synonyms
- small synonyms
- one-year-old
- two-year-old
- early synonyms
- three-year-old
- four-year-old
- five-year-old
- junior synonyms
- teen synonyms
- teenage synonyms
- tender synonyms
- newborn synonyms
- youthful
- adolescent synonyms
- childlike
- infantile
- boyish
- teenaged
- vernal
- preteen
- girlish
- youngish
Antonyms
2. adjective: (of crops) harvested at an early stage of development; before complete maturity
3. adjective: suggestive of youth; vigorous and fresh
- youthful
- vernal
- immature synonyms
4. adjective: being in its early stage
5. adjective: not tried or tested by experience
- untested
- untried
- unseasoned
- inexperienced synonyms
- inexperient
6. noun: any immature animal
- offspring synonyms
7. noun: young people collectively
- youth synonyms
Antonyms
- aged synonyms
Related words
Broader, narrower and sibling terms from the same WordNet tree. They aren't interchangeable, but one of them is often the word you wanted.
- animal synonyms
- young fish
- young bird
- beast synonyms
- creature synonyms
- orphan
- fauna synonyms
- brute synonyms
- young mammal
- spat synonyms
- animate being
- hatchling
- age group
- age bracket
- cohort
Young in word games
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- Scrabble
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Questions people ask
What is another word for young?
You can say immature, new, little, small or one-year-old instead of young. Which one fits depends on the sense; the first sense above means "(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth".
What is the opposite of young?
The opposite of young is old or aged.
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