Young

//jʌŋ//

Synonyms for "young" (147 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (30)

childlike inexperienced infantile junior juvenile new teenaged youthful adolescent babies babyhood babyish boyhood boyish brigham young brood callow childish childkind children

Show 7 more words

clutch crude danton true young dewy early edward young ever-new

Adjective(3 words)

juvenile youthful baby-faced

Strong matches (44)

evergreen farrow firsthand five year old fledgling florescent flowering four year old fresh fry get girlhood girlish green hatch immature infant innocent intact issue

Show 19 more words

juvenal juvenescent kid kids lester willis young litter little little kids little ones loretta young maiden maidenly minor naive nascent neoteric nest nestling new generation

Adjective(3 words)

hebetic immature junior

Adjective(2 words)

immature new

Related words (73)

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

11 relation types

More general

10 entries

age bracket age group animal animate being beast brute cohort creature fauna new

More specific

7 entries

Young & female:Young & male:beardless boyish girlish nubile unbearded

Antonyms

6 entries

aged mature old senior

Synonyms

13 entries

brigham young danton true young edward young inexperienced juvenile lester willis young loretta young recent thomas young underdeveloped untested whitney moore young jr youthful

Related terms

19 entries

Jeung Jung Yeung Younger Youngman Yung active callow child childish coltish immature inexperienced juvenal puerile unfledged

Showing 16 of 19 words.

capable of

1 entries

enjoy

derived

82 entries

Barry-Perkins-Young syndrome Bright Young Thing County of Young Lake Young Mount Young Parish of Young River Young Shire of Young Township of Young Young America Young County Young Crater Young Island Young Lake Young Mountain Young Nick's Head

Showing 16 of 82 words.

has context

4 entries

demography geology living thing nonstandard

is a

2 entries

age group animal

related to

28 entries

arizona australia born canada early experience given name growth ignorant immature indiana inexperienced junior life look morgan county

Showing 16 of 28 words.

similar

54 entries

adolescent boyish boylike childlike childly early five year old five-year-old four year old four-year-old girlish immature inexperienced inexperient

Showing 16 of 54 words.

Translations

335 translations across 188 languages.

Abkhaz

1 entries

ақуҧш adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Afrikaans

4 entries

jonk adj (in the early part of life or growth)
jonk adj (as if young)
jonk adj (belonging in the early part of life)
jonk adj (having little experience)

Ainu

1 entries

ペウレ adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Albanian

1 entries

rini adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Ancient Greek

1 entries

νέος adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Arabic

4 entries

حَدَث adj (in the early part of life or growth)
زغير adj (in the early part of life or growth)
شب adj (in the early part of life or growth)
شَابّ adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Aragonese

1 entries

choven adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Armenian

2 entries

երիտասարդ adj (in the early part of life or growth)
ձագ noun (offspring)

Aromanian

1 entries

tinir adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Assamese

1 entries

ডেকা adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

2 entries

ܙܲܥܝܵܐ noun (offspring)
ܙܵܥܬܵܐ noun (offspring)

Asturian

1 entries

xoven adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Avar

1 entries

гӏолохъанаб adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Azerbaijani

2 entries

cavan adj (in the early part of life or growth)
gənc adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Balinese

2 entries

muda adj (in the early part of life or growth)
nguda adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Baluchi

1 entries

جوان adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Bashkir

3 entries

йәш adj (in the early part of life or growth)
йәш adj (as if young)
йәш adj (belonging in the early part of life)

Basque

1 entries

gazte adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Belarusian

2 entries

малады́ adj (in the early part of life or growth)
ю́ны adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Bengali

4 entries

জোয়ান adj (in the early part of life or growth)
তরুণ adj (in the early part of life or growth)
যুবক adj (in the early part of life or growth)
যুবতী adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Breton

2 entries

yaouank adj (in the early part of life or growth)
yaouank adj (as if young)

Brunei Malay

1 entries

muda adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Buginese

1 entries

lolo adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Bulgarian

4 entries

млад adj (in the early part of life or growth)
младежки adj (belonging in the early part of life)
неопитен adj (having little experience)
малко noun (offspring)

Burmese

1 entries

ငယ် adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Carpathian Rusyn

1 entries

молоды́й adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Catalan

1 entries

jove adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Central Kurdish

2 entries

گەنج adj (in the early part of life or growth)
گەنج adj (as if young)

Chamicuro

1 entries

shac̈hullo adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Chechen

3 entries

жима adj (in the early part of life or growth)
къона adj (in the early part of life or growth)
кӏорни noun (offspring)

Chinese

2 entries

нянчин adj (in the early part of life or growth)
年輕 /年轻 adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries

年輕 /年轻 adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

年輕 /年轻 adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Church Slavic

2 entries

младъ adj (in the early part of life or growth)
ⰿⰾⰰⰴⱏ adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Chuvash

1 entries

ҫамрӑк adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Cornish

1 entries

yowynk adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Crimean Tatar

2 entries

genç adj (in the early part of life or growth)
yaş adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Czech

1 entries

mladý adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Dalmatian

1 entries

jaun adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Danish

1 entries

ung adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Dutch

4 entries

jeugdig adj (in the early part of life or growth)
jeugdig adj (as if young)
jong adj (in the early part of life or growth)
jong adj (as if young)

Eastern Mari

1 entries

изи adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Eastern Min Chinese

1 entries

年輕 /年轻 adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Erzya

1 entries

од adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Esperanto

1 entries

juna adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Estonian

1 entries

noor adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Evenki

1 entries

илмакта adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Faroese

1 entries

ungur adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Finnish

3 entries

nuori adj (in the early part of life or growth)
jälkeläiset noun (offspring)
poikaset noun (offspring)

French

2 entries

jeune adj (in the early part of life or growth)
petit noun (offspring)

Friulian

2 entries

zovin adj (in the early part of life or growth)
ğovin adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Galician

1 entries

xove adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Georgian

1 entries

ახალგაზრდა adj (in the early part of life or growth)

German

4 entries

jugendlich adj (in the early part of life or growth)
jung adj (in the early part of life or growth)
jung adj (as if young)
jung adj (belonging in the early part of life)

Gothic

1 entries

𐌾𐌿𐌲𐌲𐍃 adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Greek

2 entries

άπλερος adj (in the early part of life or growth)
νεαρός adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Gujarati

1 entries

યુવાન adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Haitian Creole

1 entries

jèn adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Hakka Chinese

1 entries

年輕 /年轻 adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Hebrew

1 entries

צָעִיר adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Higaonon

1 entries

mangohod adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Hindi

2 entries

तरुण adj (in the early part of life or growth)
युवा adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Hungarian

4 entries

fiatal adj (in the early part of life or growth)
ifjú adj (in the early part of life or growth)
fióka noun (offspring)
kicsiny (e) noun (offspring)

Icelandic

2 entries

ungur adj (in the early part of life or growth)
ungviði noun (offspring)

Ido

1 entries

yuna adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Inari Sami

1 entries

nuorâ adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Indonesian

1 entries

muda adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Ingrian

1 entries

noori adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Ingush

1 entries

къона adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Interlingua

4 entries

de juventute adj (belonging in the early part of life)
juvene adj (in the early part of life or growth)
juvene adj (as if young)
pullo noun (offspring)

Irish

2 entries

anársa adj (having little experience)
óg adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Istriot

1 entries

xuvena adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Italian

3 entries

giovane adj (in the early part of life or growth)
piccoli noun (offspring)
prole noun (offspring)

Japanese

3 entries

若い adj (in the early part of life or growth)
若い adj (as if young)
子供 noun (offspring)

Javanese

4 entries

enom adj (in the early part of life or growth)
nom adj (in the early part of life or growth)
nèm adj (in the early part of life or growth)
timur adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Kannada

1 entries

ತರುಣ adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Karachay-Balkar

1 entries

жаш adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Karakhanid

1 entries

ياشْ adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Kashubian

1 entries

młodi adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Kazakh

1 entries

жас adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Khmer

1 entries

ក្មេង adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Khmu

1 entries

ຫນຶມ adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Kildin Sami

1 entries

нӯрр adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Korean

4 entries

어리다 adj (in the early part of life or growth)
어리다 adj (as if young)
어리다 adj (having little experience)
어리석다 adj (having little experience)

Kumyk

1 entries

яш adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Kyrgyz

1 entries

жаш adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Ladino

3 entries

chiko (Monastir) adj (in the early part of life or growth)
djoven adj (in the early part of life or growth)
mansevo adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Lao

1 entries

ຍຸພະ adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Latgalian

1 entries

jauns adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Latin

4 entries

adolescens adj (in the early part of life or growth)
iuvenis adj (in the early part of life or growth)
iuvenis adj (in the early part of life or growth)
puella adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Latvian

2 entries

jauns adj (in the early part of life or growth)
nepiedzīvojis adj (having little experience)

Laz

2 entries

biç̌i adj (in the early part of life or growth)
bozo adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Lithuanian

1 entries

jaunas adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Lombard

4 entries

gioven adj (in the early part of life or growth)
giovena adj (in the early part of life or growth)
giovin adj (in the early part of life or growth)
giuin adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Louisiana Creole

1 entries

jènn adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries

młody adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Luxembourgish

1 entries

jonk adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Macedonian

1 entries

млад adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Maguindanao

1 entries

manguda adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Makasar

1 entries

lolo adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Malay

1 entries

muda adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Malayalam

1 entries

ഇളയതായ adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Maltese

3 entries

żagħżugħ adj (in the early part of life or growth)
żagħżugħa adj (in the early part of life or growth)
żgħażagħ adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Manchu

1 entries

ᠠᠰᡳᡥᠠᠨ adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Manx

1 entries

aeg adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Maranao

2 entries

mangoda adj (in the early part of life or growth)
moda adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Marathi

1 entries

तरुण adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Megleno-Romanian

1 entries

tinir adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Mingrelian

1 entries

ახალგაზდა adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Mongolian

1 entries

залуу adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Mòcheno

1 entries

jung adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Māori

2 entries

taitamariki adj (in the early part of life or growth)
kūao noun (offspring)

Nanai

1 entries

наондёан adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Nepali

3 entries

जवान adj (in the early part of life or growth)
तन्नेरी adj (in the early part of life or growth)
तरुण adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Nganasan

1 entries

нумәә adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Norman

1 entries

janne adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Northern Kurdish

2 entries

ciwan adj (in the early part of life or growth)
xort adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Northern Sami

1 entries

nuorra adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Norwegian

1 entries

ung adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Occitan

1 entries

jove adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Okinawan

1 entries

若さん adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Old East Slavic

1 entries

молодъ adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Old English

1 entries

geong adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Old French

2 entries

jovene adj (in the early part of life or growth)
juene adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Old Javanese

2 entries

nguḍa adj (in the early part of life or growth)
nwam adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Old Norse

1 entries

ungr adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Old Saxon

2 entries

giung adj (in the early part of life or growth)
jung adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Old Turkic

1 entries

𐰖𐰀𐰽 adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Ossetian

2 entries

ӕвзонг adj (in the early part of life or growth)
ӕрыгон adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Ottoman Turkish

3 entries

شاب adj (in the early part of life or growth)
كورپه adj (in the early part of life or growth)
كورپه adj (having little experience)

Pashto

3 entries

ځوان adj (in the early part of life or growth)
ځوان adj (as if young)
ځوان adj (having little experience)

Pennsylvania German

1 entries

jung adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Persian

3 entries

بچه adj (having little experience)
جوان adj (in the early part of life or growth)
جوان adj (as if young)

Plautdietsch

1 entries

junk adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Polish

3 entries

młody adj (in the early part of life or growth)
młodzieńczy adj (belonging in the early part of life)
młode noun (offspring)

Portuguese

4 entries

de juventude adj (belonging in the early part of life)
jovem adj (in the early part of life or growth)
jovem adj (as if young)
filhote noun (offspring)

Quechua

2 entries

wamra adj (in the early part of life or growth)
wayna adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Romani

1 entries

terno adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Romanian

3 entries

june adj (in the early part of life or growth)
tânăr adj (in the early part of life or growth)
pui noun (offspring)

Romansch

1 entries

giuven adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Russian

4 entries

младо́й adj (in the early part of life or growth)
молодо́й adj (in the early part of life or growth)
моложа́вый adj (as if young)
ю́ный adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Sanskrit

2 entries

कनीन adj (in the early part of life or growth)
युवन् adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Santali

1 entries

ᱜᱳᱱ noun (offspring)

Sardinian

1 entries

giòvanu adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Scots

1 entries

yung adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries

òg adj (in the early part of life or growth)
àl noun (offspring)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

mlȃd adj (in the early part of life or growth)
mlȃd adj (as if young)
mlȃd adj (belonging in the early part of life)
mlȃd adj (having little experience)

Sicilian

1 entries

giùvini adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Silesian

1 entries

mody adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Sindhi

1 entries

جوان adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Sinhalese

1 entries

තරුණ adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Skolt Sami

1 entries

nuõrr adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Slovak

1 entries

mladý adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Slovene

1 entries

mlád adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Spanish

2 entries

chibolo adj (in the early part of life or growth)
joven adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Sundanese

3 entries

anom adj (in the early part of life or growth)
anom adj (as if young)
anom adj (belonging in the early part of life)

Swahili

3 entries

changa adj (in the early part of life or growth)
dogo adj (in the early part of life or growth)
dogo noun (offspring)

Swedish

3 entries

ung adj (in the early part of life or growth)
ung adj (as if young)
unge noun (offspring)

Tagalog

1 entries

bata adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Tajik

1 entries

ҷавон adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Talysh

1 entries

cıvon adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Tamil

2 entries

இளம் adj (in the early part of life or growth)
இளைய adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Tat

1 entries

cavan adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Tatar

1 entries

яшь adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Telugu

1 entries

యువ adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Thai

4 entries

สาว adj (in the early part of life or growth)
หนุ่ม adj (in the early part of life or growth)
อ่อน adj (having little experience)
อ่อนวัย adj (as if young)

Tibetan

1 entries

གཞོན་ནུ adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Tofa

1 entries

ниит adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Turkish

3 entries

genç adj (in the early part of life or growth)
genç adj (as if young)
gençlik adj (belonging in the early part of life)

Turkmen

1 entries

ýaş adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Ugaritic

1 entries

𐎕𐎙𐎗 adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Ukrainian

2 entries

молоди́й adj (in the early part of life or growth)
ю́ний adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Upper Sorbian

1 entries

młody adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Urdu

1 entries

جوان adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Uyghur

1 entries

ياش adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Uzbek

1 entries

yosh adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Venetan

1 entries

xovane adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Vietnamese

2 entries

non adj (in the early part of life or growth)
trẻ adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Vilamovian

1 entries

jong adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Votic

1 entries

noori adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Welsh

3 entries

ieuanc adj (in the early part of life or growth)
ifanc adj (in the early part of life or growth)
llwdn noun (offspring)

West-Frisian

1 entries

jong adj (in the early part of life or growth)

White Hmong

1 entries

hluas adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Woiwurrung

1 entries

booboopreek noun (offspring)

Wu Chinese

1 entries

年輕 /年轻 adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Yiddish

1 entries

יונג adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Zazaki

1 entries

ciwan adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Zhuang

2 entries

coz adj (in the early part of life or growth)
nomj adj (in the early part of life or growth)

Sample sentences

44 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The profane language used on network television makes many parents with young children not want to subscribe to cable.

Source: tatoeba (1960)

The proliferation of Internet usage has given birth to a new generation of young people.

Source: tatoeba (1963)

The wealthy, self-indulgent young man felt oddly drawn to the strict, ascetic life led by members of some monastic orders.

Source: tatoeba (2000)

On May 18, a young Japanese couple was arrested after their one-year-old baby was found wrapped in a plastic bag and dumped in a gutter.

Source: tatoeba (2269)

Showing 4 of 44 available sentences.

More for "young"

Meaning Antonyms Sentences Word Type

Keep exploring

Compare antonyms Use in sentences Read the blog

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.